Tricia

Where Tricia comes from

The dictionaries list Tricia as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Patricia — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1939
    First appearance
    #2,736 among girls, 10 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1945
    Tricia O'Neil born
    American actress
  3. 1971
    Peak, #109
    3,473 babies named Tricia — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1974
    Tricia Helfer born
    Canadian actress
  5. 1976
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #179.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Patricia.
Namesakes
  • Tricia Helfer · Canadian actress, born 1974
  • Tricia O'Neil · American actress, born 1945
  • Tricia Leigh Fisher · American actress, singer, born 1968
  • Tricia Vessey · American actress, born 1970
  • Tricia Flores · Belizean track and field athlete, born 1979

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.