Recorded 1970–1981 Girls' name Peak 1971 19 births

Urica — girls' name

19 babies named Urica in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s141980s5
1970s
Peak decade

74% of everyone ever named Urica was born in this single decade.

1971
Single peak year

9 babies were named Urica in 1971 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Urica

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Urica between 1970 and 1981, spanning 12 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Urica currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Urica performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 14 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Urica shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Urica 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 19 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.

Urica at a glance

Last recorded 1981

Total births

19

Since 1970

12 years of records

Peak year

1971

9 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1981

Active since

1970

Recorded for 12 years

Last year on file: 1981

Urica popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1970

Last recorded 1981
Peak year (1971)
9
Annual births at peak — across 12 years of records
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Urica by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
14 births that decade — 74% of Urica's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Urica?
19 babies have been named Urica since 1970. It was last recorded in 1981. The peak year was 1971 with 9 births.
When was Urica most popular?
Urica was most popular in the 1970s decade with 14 total births. The single peak year was 1971.
How long has the name Urica been used?
Urica has been recorded in Social Security data since 1970, spanning 12 years of data through 1981.
What names are similar to Urica?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Uriah, Uriel, Uriyah, Uri, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1970–1981 (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.