Given name & surname
Rica
“a peaceful ruler”
Rica is a form of Frederica. In German use, Frederica carries the interpretation “a peaceful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rica is a form of Frederica. In German use, Frederica carries the interpretation “a peaceful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Rica is used as a form of Frederica.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rica through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 525
- 0 boys · 525 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 33 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 33 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 997 as a first name in 2020; 112 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rica’s family of names
Rica is a form of Erica. Rica is a form of Frederica. Rica has a related form in Rika.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 12
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rica
- Rica ReinischEast German swimmerborn 1965
- Rica MatsumotoJapanese voice actress, actress and singerborn 1968
- Rica ImaiJapanese actressborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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