Tricia
Tricia is a feminine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Patricia. It may refer to:
- English
Meaning & Origin of Tricia
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Tricia is a feminine given name, often a short form (hypocorism) of Patricia. It may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Tricia
Tricia first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1939, with 10 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1971: 3,473 births, good for #109 nationwide. The 1970s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 51% of all recorded Tricias. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2023 (7 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 40K Tricias have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1930s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Tricia
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Tricia. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Tricia
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- Patricia Tricia Brock (born 1979), American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter
- Tricia Brown (born 1979), Australian rugby union player
- Patricia Tricia Cast (born 1966), American actress
- Tricia Chuah (born 1982), Malaysian professional squash player
- Tricia Cooke (born 1965), American editor, screenwriter and producer
- Patricia Tricia Cotham (born 1978), American politician
- Patricia Tricia Nixon Cox (born 1946), elder daughter of former US President Richard Nixon
- Tricia Cullop (born 1971), American women's college basketball head coach
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Names that sound like Tricia
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About the name Tricia
Tricia is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1939 and has accumulated 40K births in the dataset. Tricia's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #109. Use the chart and map above to compare Tricia'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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