Tricia
Tricia is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 109th, in 1971.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 19713,473 births
- Best rank
- #109in 1971
- Since 1939
- 40,122people given the name
The story in the numbers
40,122 girls have been named Tricia in the United States since 1939, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 3,473 births — 0.21% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 3,473 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1973, and the 1970s alone account for 51%. It has spent 42 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Tricia | |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 10 | |
| 1940s | 227 | |
| 1950s | 1,491 | |
| 1960s | 7,569 | |
| 1970s | 20,520 | |
| 1980s | 7,088 | |
| 1990s | 2,462 | |
| 2000s | 545 | |
| 2010s | 178 | |
| 2020s | 32 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Tricia was the 109th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Tricia
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lashunpeak 1970
- Lasonyapeak 1971
- Lashawnpeak 1970
- Shondapeak 1970
- Tisapeak 1970
- Tawnyapeak 1972
- Latoniapeak 1972
- Tishapeak 1971
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.