Rika
Rika is a name with multiple cultural origins: Swedish, Dutch.
- Swedish
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Rika
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rika is a name with multiple cultural origins: Swedish, Dutch.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
- Dutch
The Story of Rika
The earliest SSA record of Rika as a baby girl name dates back to 1959, when 6 babies received it. 1991 was its biggest year on record, with 34 newborns named Rika — #3,207 in the national rankings. About 27% of every Rika on record arrived during the 1990s, its defining decade. Rika last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 555 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Rika
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Rika. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Rika
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About the name Rika
Rika is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1959 and has accumulated 555 births in the dataset. Rika's peak popularity came in 1991 when it ranked #3,207. Use the chart and map above to compare Rika'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.