Tricia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TRISH-uh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Tricia is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “noble”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Tricia mean?
Latin: short form of Patricia
“noble”
Short form of Patricia, the feminine of Latin patricius, meaning a patrician or nobleman.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Tricia a girl's or a boy's name?
Tricia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tricia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1997, with 5 girls.
Tricia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 1 | #6,685 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 1 | #5,182 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #2,896 |
How popular is Tricia in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 58% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Tricia, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1971, with 3,473 girls. It first appears in the records in 1939.
2025 had more girls named Tricia than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Tricia in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1980, the years shaded on the chart below.
Tricia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,694 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 17 | #6,804 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 23 | #5,642 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 24 | #5,600 |
| 2009 | 38 | #4,012 |
| 2008 | 24 | #5,747 |
| 2007 | 39 | #3,982 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 46 | #3,313 |
| 2004 | 49 | #3,123 |
| 2003 | 66 | #2,462 |
| 2002 | 70 | #2,307 |
| 2001 | 71 | #2,255 |
| 2000 | 101 | #1,726 |
| 1999 | 102 | #1,634 |
| 1998 | 142 | #1,270 |
| 1997 | 121 | #1,393 |
| 1996 | 155 | #1,170 |
| 1995 | 184 | #1,004 |
| 1994 | 250 | #806 |
| 1993 | 287 | #732 |
| 1992 | 341 | #655 |
| 1991 | 386 | #591 |
| 1990 | 494 | #493 |
| 1989 | 525 | #462 |
| 1988 | 604 | #398 |
| 1987 | 640 | #367 |
| 1986 | 650 | #365 |
| 1985 | 652 | #363 |
| 1984 | 685 | #338 |
| 1983 | 636 | #356 |
| 1982 | 746 | #326 |
| 1981 | 941 | #264 |
| 1980 | 1,009 | #256 |
| 1979 | 1,209 | #215 |
| 1978 | 1,248 | #207 |
| 1977 | 1,259 | #204 |
| 1976 | 1,429 | #179 |
| 1975 | 1,804 | #148 |
| 1974 | 1,968 | #143 |
| 1973 | 2,386 | #123 |
| 1972 | 2,612 | #120 |
| 1971 | 3,473 | #109 |
| 1970 | 3,132 | #124 |
| 1969 | 2,981 | #119 |
| 1968 | 924 | #285 |
| 1967 | 529 | #395 |
| 1966 | 495 | #422 |
| 1965 | 554 | #394 |
| 1964 | 651 | #373 |
| 1963 | 479 | #444 |
| 1962 | 307 | #558 |
| 1961 | 307 | #573 |
| 1960 | 342 | #523 |
| 1959 | 268 | #610 |
| 1958 | 231 | #650 |
| 1957 | 223 | #658 |
| 1956 | 170 | #745 |
| 1955 | 144 | #803 |
| 1954 | 160 | #729 |
| 1953 | 137 | #781 |
| 1952 | 71 | #1,118 |
| 1951 | 57 | #1,223 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,451 |
| 1948 | 44 | #1,385 |
| 1947 | 35 | #1,601 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,646 |
| 1945 | 28 | #1,542 |
| 1944 | 15 | #2,286 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 14 | #2,271 |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,861 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
Nicknames for Tricia
Names like Tricia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Victoria Marnie Jessica Francesca Maria Tia Holly Tara Mia Amber Lara Tania
Names related to Tricia
More Latin names
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Tricia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tricia, updated 20 October 2026.