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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Arica

Arica was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 1317th with 95 babies. More babies were named Arica in the 1980s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
198295 babies
Total since 1880
2,376babies recorded

Arica popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020#11,2078
2010#15,1676
2000#2,85950
1990#1,58695
1980#1,57074
1970#2,16537
1960——
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
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1890——
1880——

How popular is Arica, counting every spelling?

Arica is a spelling of Arika, a name family that had 32 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 32 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Arika19#6,142150
Aarika13#7,88887

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How old are people named Arica?

About 2,300 people born in the US named Arica are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 30 and 46. That makes Arica mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Arica by state

How common Arica was among girls born in each state in 1980–1984, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Ohio (2.0×), Michigan (1.7×). In 40 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIL0.03Michigan: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesMI0.08New York: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNY0.03Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesIN0.06Ohio: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesOH0.09Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesCA0.03Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesMO0.03Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesMS0.14Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesGA0.03Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesTX0.03Florida: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesFL0.02
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Arica, girls, 1980–1984. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Arica: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Arica, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Arica

How popular is the name Arica?

Arica was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1982, when it ranked 1317th with 95 babies. More babies were named Arica in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Is Arica a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Arica in the US.

Where was Arica most popular?

In 1980–1984, Arica was most common in Mississippi (0.14 per 1,000 girls), followed by Ohio and Michigan.