Total births
54
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.
- 54
- total births
- 2002–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that 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.
- 54 total births
- 2002–2019 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 54% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
54 girls have been named Rikiyah since 2002, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2019.
- 54
- total births
- 2002–2019
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 54%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
54% of everyone ever named Rikiyah was born in this single decade.
2009
Single peak year
9 babies were named Rikiyah in 2009 - its busiest year on record.
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 at a glance
Last recorded 2019Peak year
2009
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2002
Rikiyah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2019
- Peak year (2009)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Rikiyah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
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
- 2000s
2000s
25 births
- 2010s
2010s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 29 births (54% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Rikiyah? ▼
54 babies have been named Rikiyah since 2002. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 2009 with 9 births.
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.
Keep exploring Rikiyah
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Rikiyah: Baby Name Since 2002 - 54 Births, Peak 2009." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/rikiyah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 July 2026.