Arica
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-REE-ka
- Origin
- Modern
Arica is a girls' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Arica come from?
Modern: perhaps a spelling of Erica, or from the Chilean city Arica
Is Arica a girl's or a boy's name?
Arica is a girls' name.
How popular is Arica in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1982, with 95 girls. It first appears in the records in 1965.
Half of all the girls named Arica in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Arica in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6 | #13,456 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 22 | #6,089 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 29 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 35 | #3,865 |
| 2002 | 28 | #4,377 |
| 2001 | 43 | #3,194 |
| 2000 | 50 | #2,850 |
| 1999 | 47 | #2,851 |
| 1998 | 40 | #3,113 |
| 1997 | 59 | #2,280 |
| 1996 | 52 | #2,447 |
| 1995 | 64 | #2,096 |
| 1994 | 54 | #2,376 |
| 1993 | 53 | #2,375 |
| 1992 | 78 | #1,826 |
| 1991 | 90 | #1,650 |
| 1990 | 95 | #1,582 |
| 1989 | 77 | #1,746 |
| 1988 | 80 | #1,613 |
| 1987 | 88 | #1,469 |
| 1986 | 88 | #1,447 |
| 1985 | 80 | #1,522 |
| 1984 | 75 | #1,511 |
| 1983 | 77 | #1,485 |
| 1982 | 95 | #1,317 |
| 1981 | 65 | #1,734 |
| 1980 | 74 | #1,570 |
| 1979 | 79 | #1,496 |
| 1978 | 87 | #1,358 |
| 1977 | 67 | #1,596 |
| 1976 | 57 | #1,694 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,963 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 31 | #2,405 |
| 1972 | 39 | #2,022 |
| 1971 | 37 | #2,175 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,160 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 6 | #6,244 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
Names like Arica
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amanda, Samantha, Ariana, Alana, Alyssa, Angela, Alanna, Sierra, Angelica, Jessica, Serena, Bianca
Names related to Arica
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Arica: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/arica, updated 20 October 2026.