Girls' name · since 1979
Rikita
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 93 babies named Rikita, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,947 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rikita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 93 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rikita has been recorded 93 times among girls since 1979, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1997.
- #27,947 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 93 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rikita ranks #27,947 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 93 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #27,947 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 93
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rikita's 93 recorded births place it above 61.33% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rikita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rikita's full recorded timeline at 1988, 61% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 39% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rikita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1997
- Peak year (1992)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Rikita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (48 births, 52% of the file).
1980s was Rikita's strongest decade.
48 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Rikita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
48 births
- 1990s
1990s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 48 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Rikita's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (48 total births) through the 1990s (40) -- 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 Rikita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~18 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, 1979–1997 (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 Rikita 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.