Arica

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462

Peak · girls
1982 · 95 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,376
since 1965

Arica over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Arica has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201984peak #1,317, 1982girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025—
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2023#13,4626
2022#10,3839
2021#10,2929
2020#11,0908
2019—
2018#9,80610
2017#10,6899
2016#12,8767
2015—
2014#10,9559
2013#10,23510
2012#7,80415
2011#9,15012
2010#14,9596
2009#8,88813
2008#5,75024
2007#6,09322
2006#5,90622
2005#4,70428
2004#4,60129
2003#3,86935
2002#4,38128
2001#3,19843
2000#2,85450
1999#2,85447
1998#3,11640
1997#2,28359
1996#2,45152
1995#2,10164
1994#2,38154
1993#2,38053
1992#1,83078
1991#1,65690
1990#1,58695
1989#1,75077
1988#1,61480
1987#1,47088
1986#1,44788
1985#1,52380
1984#1,51175
1983#1,48577
1982#1,31795
1981#1,73465
1980#1,57074
1979#1,49679
1978#1,35887
1977#1,59667
1976#1,69457
1975#1,96345
1974#2,29034
1973#2,40531
1972#2,02239
1971#2,17537
1970#2,16037
1969#5,0579
1968#6,2466
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1966#5,8096
1965#5,2897
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First appearance
1965

The first year at least five girls were named Arica! It came in at #5,289, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1967, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Arica is popular in 1984

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedWIMichigan: #667 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,045 girlsMINew York: #1,443 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 17,395 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,757 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 24,075 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedNEMissouri: #623 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,271 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Arica, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Missouri#623 · 1 in 6,271
  2. Michigan#667 · 1 in 7,045
  3. New York#1,443 · 1 in 17,395
  4. California#1,757 · 1 in 24,075

Best ever in a state: #431 in Mississippi, 1982.

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Michigan#66781 in 7,045
New York#1,44361 in 17,395
California#1,75781 in 24,075
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Arica
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · girls
17 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1965
  • Peaked 1982 at #1,317 (95 births)
  • Births halved by 1998, 16 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 17,608
  • Highest: 1 in 17,608 girls born in 1978 were named Arica (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 267,430 girls born in 2023 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,317 in 1982, was only 1 in 17,824 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1980s
  • 33.6% of all girls named Arica (799) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s28#5,057 (1969)#5,600
1970s513#1,358 (1978)#1,916
1980s799#1,317 (1982)#1,542
1990s632#1,586 (1990)#2,264
2000s294#2,854 (2000)#5,024
2010s78#7,804 (2012)#10,809
2020s32#10,292 (2021)#11,307

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Arica in 1984

girls
#1,511
75 births · 1 in 22,451 girls

Top girls' names in 1984

  1. #1Jennifer50,564
  2. #2Jessica45,857
  3. #3Ashley38,773
  4. #4Amanda33,915
  5. #5Sarah25,887
  6. #6Stephanie23,025
  7. #7Nicole22,270
  8. #8Melissa21,896
  9. #9Heather21,489
  10. #10Elizabeth20,360
  11. #1,511Arica75
More about 1984

girls

1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 22,451 of them was named Arica, which outranked 87.6% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Arica
  1. #1,502Lashawna76
  2. #1,502Nia76
  3. #1,502Tamica76
  4. #1,511Arica75
  5. #1,511Aubrie75
  6. #1,511Carisa75
  7. #1,511Cayla75
  8. #1,535Addie74
  9. #1,535Austin74
  10. #1,535Bambi74

Tied with 23 names at #1,511; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1983
Risers
  1. ↑ 8,259Santana#9,015 → #756
  2. ↑ 2,419Tasia#3,151 → #732
  3. ↑ 2,198Teela#3,065 → #867
  4. ↑ 1,074Grisel#1,858 → #784
  5. ↑ 894Kaylee#1,715 → #821
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,856Dwan#874 → #2,730
  2. ↓ 720Toccara#937 → #1,657
  3. ↓ 713Kaleena#547 → #1,260
  4. ↓ 303Karie#1,000 → #1,303
  5. ↓ 300Karyn#820 → #1,120

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1984 →