Girls' name · since 2002

Rikiyah

Since 2002, U.S. Social Security records show 54 babies named Rikiyah, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#34,173 of 72,339
all-time among girls
54
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade

Rikiyah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 54 have been recorded since 2002.

Rikiyah has 54 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2019.

  • #34,173 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • 54 born since 2002
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rikiyah ranks #34,173 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 54 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.

#34,173 of 72,339
all-time among girls
54
born since 2002
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Rikiyah's 54 recorded births place it above 52.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Rikiyah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Rikiyah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2002, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2009 peak of 9 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Rikiyah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2019

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (2009)
9
Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
45678910 20022004200620092010201120132019 6

Rikiyah by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (29 births, 54% of the file).

2010s was Rikiyah's strongest decade.

29 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.

Rikiyah births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 29 births (54% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rikiyah? ▼
54 babies have been named Rikiyah since 2002. All-time, it sits at #34,173 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2009 with 9 births.
Where does Rikiyah sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rikiyah ranks #34,173 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Rikiyah most popular? ▼
Rikiyah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 29 total births. The single peak year was 2009.
How long has the name Rikiyah been used? ▼
Records for Rikiyah go back to 2002, giving 18 years of history through 2019.
What names are similar to Rikiyah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Rikki, Riki, Rika, Rikia, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Rikiyah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2002–2019 (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 Rikiyah 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.