How Many People Are Named Rifka?
people named Rifka are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 480,034 people in the US has this name
Based on 736 babies named Rifka in Social Security records from 1952 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
20 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Yiddish form of RIVKA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rifka in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rifka alive today is about 29 years old, and 54% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rifka first appears in the records in 1952 and was given most often in 2001, to 20 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1952 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rifka has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,653, in 1974. In 2025 it ranked #11,718.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,718 |
| Best rank | #4,653 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #8,263 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rifka alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rifka were born in New York than in any other state: about 542 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rifka was given about 14.2 times as often in New York.
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