Girls' name · since 1992
Rikayla
83 babies named Rikayla in U.S. Social Security records since 1992, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,278 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 83
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rikayla sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 83 recorded since 1992.
Social Security Administration records show Rikayla recorded 83 times among girls since 1992, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2013.
- #29,278 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 83 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rikayla ranks #29,278 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 83 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #29,278 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 83
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rikayla's 83 recorded births place it above 59.49% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rikayla's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rikayla splits its recorded history at 2002: 59% of all births land in the more recent half, 41% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1995 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rikayla popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2013
- Peak year (2001)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Rikayla by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (42 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Rikayla's strongest decade.
42 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Rikayla births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
24 births
- 2000s
2000s
42 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 42 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Rikayla's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (42 total births) through the 2010s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rikayla: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~21 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1992–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rikayla draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.