Tricia
Tricia was the 8819th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 109th with 3,473 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 86 places. More babies were named Tricia in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Meaning (as Trisha) pet form of Patricia; "noble" · English, Latin
- Rank in 2025
- #8,819 girls, down 448 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 12girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 19713,473 babies
- Total since 1880
- 40,222babies recorded
What does the name Tricia mean?
Tricia is a spelling of Trisha, pronounced the same way, so it shares Trisha's meaning and origin.
Trisha (also Tricia) is a pet form of Patricia, from its middle syllable. Patricia is the feminine of Patrick, from Latin patricius, "patrician, noble", a member of Rome's aristocratic class. Trisha was most popular in the US in the late 1970s; country singer Trisha Yearwood is a familiar bearer.
patricius (Latin, “patrician, noble”)
How sure is this? Well established.
Related names: Tricia, Patricia, Trish, Patty.
See also: Latin names, names that mean noble.
Sources for this meaning
- Wiktionary, entry 'Trisha', Wiktionary (Wikimedia Foundation)
- Dictionary of Medieval Names from European Sources, ed. S. L. Uckelman, Edition 2023 no. 1, s.v. 'Patricia', DMNES (Durham University)
Tricia popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 88 since 1969.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,819 | 12 |
| 2020 | #8,371 | 13 |
| 2010 | #5,765 | 24 |
| 2000 | #1,743 | 101 |
| 1990 | #495 | 494 |
| 1980 | #256 | 1,009 |
| 1970 | #124 | 3,132 |
| 1960 | #523 | 342 |
| 1950 | #1,762 | 30 |
| 1940 | #4,307 | 6 |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Tricia, counting every spelling?
Tricia is a spelling of Trisha, a name family that had 56 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 56 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trisha | 44 | #3,511 | 236 |
| Tricia | 12 | #8,819 | 31 |
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 many kids will share the name Tricia?
12 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Tricia (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Tricia born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 705 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Tricia.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Tricia?
About 37,300 people born in the US named Tricia are alive today, with a median age of 53; half are between 46 and 56. That makes Tricia mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
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.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Tricia: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Tricia, they share its era and feel.
Tricia is also a nickname for Patricia.
Questions about the name Tricia
What does Tricia mean?
Tricia is a spelling of Trisha, which means “pet form of Patricia; "noble"” (English, Latin origin). Certainty: well established.
How popular is the name Tricia?
Tricia was the 8819th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 12 babies. Its best year was 1971, when it ranked 109th with 3,473 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 86 places. More babies were named Tricia in the 1970s than in any other decade.
Is Tricia a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Tricia in the US.