How Many People Are Named Rickey?
people named Rickey are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 7,155 people in the US has this name
Based on 62,391 babies named Rickey in Social Security records from 1924 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,818 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of RICHARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Rickey in English. Counting Rickey and these spellings together, about 247,952 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Rickey, 1.1% were girls and 98.9% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rickey alive today is about 58 years old, and 64% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rickey first appears in the records in 1924 and was given most often in 1958, to 3,818 babies. In 2025, 45 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1924 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rickey has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #106, in 1958. In 2025 it ranked #2,826.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,826 |
| Best rank | #106 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #120 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rickey alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rickey were born in Texas than in any other state: about 5,402 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rickey was given 5 times as often in Arkansas, 3.5 times in Alabama and 3.1 times in Tennessee.
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