Arica
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.
Arica by the numbers
Arica was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 95 babies in 1982, so it is a 1980s name that has since fallen a long way.
What we can tell you about Arica
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Arica. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ariamelody, air; lioness7,160 in the US (2017)
- Ariyanoble; of noble birth124 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arinavery peaceful; form of irene17 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arisabecoming silk12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Africathe african continent14 in the US (2017)
- Aribaupward; above10 in England and Wales (2025)
Sounds like Arica
Names that are said the same way as Arica, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Arica
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