Richa
Richa, also rendered rucha, refers to a mantra, usually one in line, found in the Sanskrit religious scriptures, the Vedas. It is a term used to refer to each verse of the Rigveda.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Malayalam
- Bengali
Meaning & Origin of Richa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Richa, also rendered rucha, refers to a mantra, usually one in line, found in the Sanskrit religious scriptures, the Vedas. It is a term used to refer to each verse of the Rigveda.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Malayalam
- Bengali
Etymology
The Story of Richa
Richa first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1968, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2007: 32 births, good for #4,566 nationwide. About 40% of every Richa on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Richa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 7 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 640 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
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About the name Richa
Richa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1968 and has accumulated 640 births in the dataset. Richa's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #4,566. Use the chart and map above to compare Richa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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