Rikesha — girls' name
23 babies named Rikesha in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
23 girls have been named Rikesha since 1979, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1991.
- 23
- total births
- 1979–1991
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
52% of everyone ever named Rikesha was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Rikesha in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rikesha
The Social Security Administration has registered 23 babies named Rikesha between 1979 and 1991, spanning 13 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rikesha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1991. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rikesha performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 12 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rikesha shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rikesha 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 23 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.
Rikesha at a glance
Last recorded 1991Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rikesha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–1979
- Peak year (1986)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1991.
23 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 7 births in a single year.
Rikesha by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 12 births that decade — 52% of Rikesha's all-time total
Rikesha decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 6 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rikesha's strongest decade
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.