Tricia — girls' name
40,122 babies named Tricia in U.S. Social Security records since 1939, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Tricia was born in this single decade.
3,473 babies were named Tricia in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Tricia
The Social Security Administration has registered 40,122 babies named Tricia between 1939 and 2023, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Tricia currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 3,473 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Tricia performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 20,520 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Tricia shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 3,891 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Tricia in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Tricia 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 40,122 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.
Tricia at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Tricia popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1939
- Peak year (1971)
- 3,473
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
40,122 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 3,473 births in a single year.
Tricia popularity over time — boys
88 total births recorded since 1969 (Tricia as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Tricia accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Tricia by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 20,520 births that decade — 51% of Tricia's all-time total
Tricia decade highlights
- Peak decade 20,520 births
- Runner-up 7,569 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Tricia's strongest decade
20,520 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Tricia by state
Where Tricia concentrates geographically — total births since 1939
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,891 | 9.7% |
| #2 | New York | | 3,314 | 8.3% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 2,928 | 7.3% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 2,420 | 6.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 2,379 | 5.9% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 2,154 | 5.4% |
| #7 | Texas | | 1,766 | 4.4% |
| #8 | Wisconsin | | 1,499 | 3.7% |
3,891 of 40,122 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.7% of nationwide
- New York 8.3% of nationwide
- Ohio 7.3% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 6.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Tricia appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1939–2023 (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.