Meaning not yet researched.
Ricky: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 248 in 2025. Its best rank was #34 in 1959.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #34 in 1959; #949 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Ricky in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#949 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1959, at #34.
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Ricky: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 248 boys in 2025. Peak: #34 in 1959 · most boys in one year: 13,375 (1958).
In 2025, 248 US boys were named Ricky, making it the 949th most common boys’ name of the year, down 121 places from #828 in 2024. That is 54 fewer than the 302 boys named Ricky in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #34, reached in 1959. The most boys given the name in a single year was 13,375, in 1958. For comparison, it was #582 in 2015 and #128 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ricky in 101 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1925 with 6 babies. In all, 225,089 US babies have been given the name, 0.9% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1950s, with 79,644 babies named Ricky.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,385 US boys were named Ricky; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 448. In 2025 that was about 1 in 6,887 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ricky ranked highest in New Mexico in 2025, at #351 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Rickie (18,237 babies since 1880), Rikki (7,712 babies since 1880), Ricki (6,745 babies since 1880) and Rickey (62,391 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Riki, Rickia and Rickeya are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Dick and Rich.
Meaning not yet researched.
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Rare spellings summarised here: Riki (1,626), Rickia (463), Rickeya (100), Rickiya (84), Rickye (47), Riky (35), Rickya (33), Rickea (26), Rickyah (16), Rikya (7), Rickyia (5), Rickyy (5), and more.
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 35 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Mexico | 6 | #351 | #453 |
| California | 45 | #636 | #414 |
| Georgia | 14 | #701 | #493 |
| Ohio | 11 | #787 | #721 |
| Indiana | 7 | #827 | — |
| Missouri | 6 | #849 | #650 |
| Texas | 31 | #852 | #495 |
| Alabama | 5 | #854 | #439 |
| North Carolina | 10 | #855 | #487 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #879 | #617 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,020 | #450 |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,085 | #705 |
| Washington | 5 | #1,121 | #688 |
| Florida | 11 | #1,180 | #622 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,445 | #819 |
| New York | 7 | #1,538 | #590 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #7,420 | 248 | #949 |
| 2024 | 10 | #10,112 | 302 | #828 |
| 2023 | 7 | #13,184 | 270 | #873 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,944 | 292 | #836 |
| 2021 | — | — | 323 | #773 |
| 2020 | 11 | #9,421 | 366 | #697 |
| 2019 | 9 | #11,206 | 402 | #658 |
| 2018 | 10 | #10,412 | 368 | #680 |
| 2017 | 12 | #9,235 | 366 | #683 |
| 2016 | 8 | #12,653 | 448 | #602 |
| 2015 | 8 | #12,772 | 478 | #582 |
| 2014 | — | — | 540 | #518 |
| 2013 | — | — | 552 | #495 |
| 2012 | — | — | 592 | #459 |
| 2011 | 6 | #16,367 | 590 | #455 |
| 2010 | 7 | #14,657 | 595 | #450 |
| 2009 | 10 | #11,312 | 700 | #416 |
| 2008 | 7 | #15,067 | 851 | #365 |
| 2007 | 9 | #12,448 | 823 | #373 |
| 2006 | 7 | #14,798 | 760 | #396 |
| 2005 | — | — | 769 | #376 |
| 2004 | 18 | #6,703 | 786 | #358 |
| 2003 | — | — | 799 | #349 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,903 | 802 | #342 |
| 2001 | 7 | #13,177 | 858 | #326 |
| 2000 | 11 | #9,027 | 1,025 | #294 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,670 | 1,098 | #271 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,918 | 970 | #292 |
| 1997 | 5 | #15,571 | 1,076 | #264 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,993 | 1,197 | #248 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,886 | 1,227 | #237 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,403 | 1,412 | #205 |
| 1993 | 10 | #8,547 | 1,442 | #208 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,410 | 1,620 | #191 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,504 | 1,617 | #193 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,383 | 1,759 | #176 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,634 | 1,897 | #159 |
| 1988 | 22 | #4,137 | 1,882 | #148 |
| 1987 | 21 | #4,095 | 1,854 | #148 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,499 | 1,958 | #144 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,309 | 1,932 | #145 |
| 1984 | 24 | #3,498 | 1,981 | #138 |
| 1983 | 31 | #2,837 | 2,081 | #128 |
| 1982 | 27 | #3,235 | 2,119 | #129 |
| 1981 | 25 | #3,408 | 2,221 | #122 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,393 | 2,232 | #122 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,871 | 2,225 | #124 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,883 | 2,017 | #130 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,863 | 1,959 | #136 |
| 1976 | 25 | #2,985 | 1,993 | #132 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,553 | 1,918 | #135 |
| 1974 | 38 | #2,162 | 2,033 | #129 |
| 1973 | 23 | #2,989 | 1,939 | #133 |
| 1972 | 22 | #3,034 | 2,236 | #127 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,906 | 2,659 | #121 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,501 | 3,092 | #105 |
| 1969 | 30 | #2,387 | 3,415 | #90 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,411 | 4,036 | #70 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,815 | 4,019 | #75 |
| 1966 | 37 | #1,904 | 4,680 | #64 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,286 | 5,659 | #57 |
| 1964 | 49 | #1,659 | 6,758 | #54 |
| 1963 | 60 | #1,446 | 8,114 | #47 |
| 1962 | 58 | #1,472 | 8,694 | #50 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,461 | 10,027 | #44 |
| 1960 | 66 | #1,362 | 11,000 | #38 |
| 1959 | 82 | #1,182 | 13,226 | #34 |
| 1958 | 49 | #1,538 | 13,375 | #34 |
| 1957 | 53 | #1,471 | 10,574 | #40 |
| 1956 | 50 | #1,516 | 8,780 | #43 |
| 1955 | 34 | #1,831 | 8,329 | #46 |
| 1954 | 58 | #1,309 | 8,164 | #46 |
| 1953 | 51 | #1,371 | 6,887 | #51 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,672 | 4,655 | #81 |
| 1951 | 30 | #1,797 | 3,073 | #102 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,672 | 2,107 | #128 |
| 1949 | 32 | #1,687 | 1,791 | #148 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,731 | 1,600 | #155 |
| 1947 | 45 | #1,392 | 1,301 | #173 |
| 1946 | 24 | #1,909 | 761 | #220 |
| 1945 | 21 | #1,865 | 523 | #252 |
| 1944 | 12 | #2,742 | 393 | #302 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,593 | 182 | #465 |
| 1942 | 7 | #4,042 | 110 | #602 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,947 | 87 | #658 |
| 1940 | — | — | 48 | #927 |
| 1939 | — | — | 29 | #1,231 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,864 | 30 | #1,216 |
| 1937 | — | — | 19 | #1,622 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,745 | 28 | #1,267 |
| 1935 | — | — | 19 | #1,640 |
| 1934 | — | — | 20 | #1,598 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,690 | 11 | #2,340 |
| 1932 | — | — | 8 | #3,047 |
| 1931 | 6 | #4,251 | 10 | #2,612 |
| 1930 | — | — | 11 | #2,572 |
| 1929 | — | — | 8 | #3,196 |
| 1928 | 5 | #5,301 | 10 | #2,809 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,475 | 6 | #4,116 |
| 1926 | — | — | 11 | #2,700 |
| 1925 | — | — | 6 | #4,110 |
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).