Meaning not yet researched.
Ricardo: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 833 in 2025. Its best rank was #115 in 1992.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #115 in 1992; #380 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ricardo in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#380 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1992, at #115.
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Ricardo: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 833 boys in 2025. Peak: #115 in 1992 · most boys in one year: 3,044 (1998).
In 2025, 833 US boys were named Ricardo, making it the 380th most common boys’ name of the year, down 7 places from #373 in 2024. That is 38 fewer than the 871 boys named Ricardo in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #115, reached in 1992. The most boys given the name in a single year was 3,044, in 1998. For comparison, it was #277 in 2015 and #265 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ricardo in 125 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1888 with 6 babies. In all, 147,169 US babies have been given the name, 0.5% of them girls and 99.5% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 29,446 babies named Ricardo.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 10,017 US boys were named Ricardo; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,297. In 2025 that was about 1 in 2,051 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ricardo ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #159 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Richard (2,587,082 babies since 1880) and Rick (81,964 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Recardo and Rickardo are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Rick and Ricky.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Recardo (670), Rickardo (79).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 22 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 13 | #159 | #164 |
| Texas | 222 | #167 | #127 |
| Arizona | 42 | #202 | #163 |
| California | 170 | #219 | #147 |
| Nevada | 12 | #263 | #182 |
| Illinois | 35 | #313 | #229 |
| Florida | 61 | #322 | #263 |
| Washington | 20 | #379 | #248 |
| Colorado | 16 | #395 | #409 |
| Oklahoma | 11 | #419 | #409 |
| Louisiana | 10 | #480 | — |
| Georgia | 23 | #480 | #389 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #494 | #420 |
| North Carolina | 21 | #497 | #486 |
| Oregon | 7 | #515 | #306 |
| New Jersey | 14 | #536 | #391 |
| Utah | 8 | #547 | — |
| Alabama | 9 | #559 | — |
| Arkansas | 5 | #613 | #533 |
| New York | 25 | #617 | #363 |
| Virginia | 11 | #659 | #615 |
| Indiana | 9 | #705 | #879 |
| Tennessee | 10 | #712 | #474 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #779 | #842 |
| Massachusetts | 5 | #876 | #399 |
| Maryland | 5 | #897 | #297 |
| Missouri | 5 | #970 | #719 |
| Ohio | 8 | #996 | #587 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,084 | #704 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 833 | #380 |
| 2024 | — | — | 871 | #373 |
| 2023 | — | — | 876 | #372 |
| 2022 | — | — | 920 | #357 |
| 2021 | — | — | 946 | #345 |
| 2020 | — | — | 963 | #339 |
| 2019 | — | — | 1,018 | #329 |
| 2018 | — | — | 1,125 | #306 |
| 2017 | — | — | 1,168 | #302 |
| 2016 | — | — | 1,297 | #281 |
| 2015 | — | — | 1,340 | #277 |
| 2014 | — | — | 1,462 | #256 |
| 2013 | — | — | 1,430 | #253 |
| 2012 | — | — | 1,567 | #227 |
| 2011 | — | — | 1,635 | #216 |
| 2010 | — | — | 1,886 | #195 |
| 2009 | — | — | 2,303 | #170 |
| 2008 | — | — | 2,757 | #149 |
| 2007 | — | — | 2,779 | #146 |
| 2006 | — | — | 2,702 | #152 |
| 2005 | 6 | #16,022 | 2,626 | #157 |
| 2004 | 8 | #12,499 | 2,781 | #144 |
| 2003 | 8 | #12,153 | 2,762 | #148 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,902 | 2,709 | #143 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,921 | 2,853 | #138 |
| 2000 | 5 | #17,015 | 2,918 | #134 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,618 | 2,987 | #126 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,454 | 3,044 | #126 |
| 1997 | 6 | #13,359 | 2,926 | #130 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,659 | 2,883 | #128 |
| 1995 | 9 | #9,374 | 2,871 | #126 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,188 | 2,974 | #119 |
| 1993 | 19 | #5,145 | 2,947 | #120 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,423 | 3,024 | #115 |
| 1991 | 12 | #7,300 | 2,853 | #117 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,382 | 2,802 | #120 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,223 | 2,735 | #119 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,136 | 2,502 | #121 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,616 | 2,124 | #131 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,333 | 2,222 | #124 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,410 | 2,139 | #131 |
| 1984 | 15 | #4,913 | 2,209 | #122 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,238 | 2,179 | #121 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,995 | 2,291 | #121 |
| 1981 | 17 | #4,486 | 2,364 | #117 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,688 | 2,324 | #117 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,640 | 2,076 | #130 |
| 1978 | 22 | #3,474 | 1,880 | #140 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,459 | 1,724 | #147 |
| 1976 | 11 | #5,495 | 1,784 | #141 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,087 | 1,726 | #143 |
| 1974 | 18 | #3,660 | 1,812 | #140 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,755 | 1,631 | #151 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,816 | 1,701 | #153 |
| 1971 | 17 | #3,766 | 1,670 | #165 |
| 1970 | 15 | #3,998 | 1,653 | #172 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,732 | 1,573 | #177 |
| 1968 | 9 | #5,058 | 1,350 | #187 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,236 | 1,290 | #188 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,414 | 1,201 | #199 |
| 1965 | 12 | #3,909 | 1,279 | #198 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,571 | 1,317 | #210 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,438 | 1,327 | #211 |
| 1962 | 11 | #4,213 | 1,256 | #219 |
| 1961 | 11 | #4,184 | 1,245 | #222 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,694 | 1,311 | #215 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,945 | 1,346 | #210 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,816 | 1,295 | #208 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,824 | 1,182 | #220 |
| 1956 | 7 | #5,218 | 1,101 | #221 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,993 | 1,104 | #216 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,911 | 1,092 | #211 |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,346 | 1,051 | #209 |
| 1952 | — | — | 863 | #227 |
| 1951 | 6 | #5,295 | 670 | #257 |
| 1950 | — | — | 614 | #265 |
| 1949 | — | — | 492 | #307 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,862 | 448 | #317 |
| 1947 | — | — | 379 | #349 |
| 1946 | — | — | 349 | #349 |
| 1945 | 5 | #5,108 | 282 | #354 |
| 1944 | — | — | 253 | #378 |
| 1943 | — | — | 211 | #430 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,535 | 205 | #428 |
| 1941 | — | — | 218 | #391 |
| 1940 | — | — | 207 | #399 |
| 1939 | — | — | 179 | #425 |
| 1938 | — | — | 186 | #418 |
| 1937 | — | — | 196 | #399 |
| 1936 | — | — | 158 | #448 |
| 1935 | — | — | 162 | #448 |
| 1934 | — | — | 189 | #401 |
| 1933 | — | — | 168 | #423 |
| 1932 | — | — | 159 | #447 |
| 1931 | — | — | 176 | #430 |
| 1930 | — | — | 216 | #391 |
| 1929 | — | — | 204 | #412 |
| 1928 | — | — | 167 | #473 |
| 1927 | — | — | 152 | #494 |
| 1926 | — | — | 99 | #634 |
| 1925 | — | — | 138 | #524 |
| 1924 | — | — | 114 | #598 |
| 1923 | — | — | 81 | #728 |
| 1922 | — | — | 85 | #713 |
| 1921 | — | — | 54 | #959 |
| 1920 | — | — | 74 | #774 |
| 1919 | — | — | 61 | #847 |
| 1918 | — | — | 52 | #932 |
| 1917 | — | — | 46 | #959 |
| 1916 | — | — | 40 | #1,024 |
| 1915 | — | — | 37 | #1,066 |
| 1914 | — | — | 26 | #1,149 |
| 1913 | — | — | 17 | #1,305 |
| 1912 | — | — | 25 | #909 |
| 1911 | — | — | 17 | #816 |
| 1910 | — | — | 9 | #1,180 |
| 1909 | — | — | 14 | #798 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #1,009 |
| 1907 | — | — | 10 | #920 |
| 1904 | — | — | 8 | #947 |
| 1903 | — | — | 8 | #897 |
| 1902 | — | — | 7 | #1,004 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,182 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #828 |
| 1888 | — | — | 6 | #1,012 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).