Rika — girls' name

What the Data Says About Rika

The Social Security Administration has registered 555 babies named Rika between 1959 and 2023, spanning 65 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rika currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rika performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 150 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Rika shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Rika in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rika in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 555 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.