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Arika

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Arika is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 41 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
410.00% of girls
Peak year
1991109 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1966
2,434people given the name
Babies named Arika, by year of birthgirls
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The story in the numbers

2,434 girls have been named Arika in the United States since 1966, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 109 births.

This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1993, and the 1990s alone account for 32%.

By decade

Decadegirls named Arika
1960s16
1970s279
1980s550
1990s774
2000s446
2010s223
2020s146

In 1991, its biggest year

Arika was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.

Names that rose and fell with Arika

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.