Aricka

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Aricka has been given to 478 babies in the U.S. since 1970. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1992, with 21 recorded.

Babies named Aricka, 2012

1 in 457,000

Aricka over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aricka: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Aricka means

Aricka is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Aricka is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 478 girls were recorded with the name Aricka between 1970 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 21 in 1992; its best national rank was #3,727 in 1972.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Aricka?

Aricka had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2012, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2012: 1 in 457,000; 8 of 3,657,590 births
Among girls only: 1 in 220,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2012: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 316,907 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Aricka sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2012 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 316,907 children born in 2012 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aricka. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Arickas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aricka was born before 1990 — so the typical Aricka is around 35 today.

Median birth year: 1990; About 35 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 30.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 59.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 478; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 30.8% of all recorded uses (147).

Is Aricka rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1992 (21)
Years since peak: 33; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 33.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,727; 1972

Spellings of Aricka

Aricka is not the most common spelling — Erica is, with 24.6% against Aricka's 0.05%.

Erica24.6%231,613
Alicia24.5%230,790
Erika13.3%125,664
Ariana12.8%120,380
Aria10.2%95,674
Tricia4.3%40,134
Ericka2.5%23,420
Anika1.8%16,804

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Aricka by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #3,727; 1972
Peak year: 1992; 21 that year
First recorded: 1970
Last recorded: 2012
All-time count: 478
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Aricka

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Ariann Arilyn Ariyan Ariele Ariani Ariany Ariely Ariell Aritza Arisha Ariam Arianni Arietta Arielis Arielys Ariza Ariday Arilynn Aritzel Arisa Arieal Arianah Arista Ariyonna

Sibling names for Aricka

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Shelbi Shelbie Ilana Danyelle Kelsea Ivonne Maira Stormy

For a brother

Coty Malcom Edgardo Dillan Devante Shay Rosendo Dimitri

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