How Many People Are Named Ricki?

5,797

people named Ricki are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 58,958 people in the US has this name

Based on 6,745 babies named Ricki in Social Security records from 1938 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,392

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#207

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Peak Year

1953

238 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: RIK-ee
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Masculine and feminine diminutive of RICHARD.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Ricki in English. Counting Ricki and these spellings together, about 247,952 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
69.4%
Male
30.6%

Of the babies given the name Ricki, 69.4% were girls and 30.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ricki rose from 70.5% in the 1940s to 93.6% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1950s, at 40.9%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Ricki alive today is about 46 years old, and 39% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 29 and 67 in 2025.

Under 30 1,509
26%
30 to 59 2,242
38.7%
60 and over 2,045
35.3%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Ricki first appears in the records in 1938 and was given most often in 1953, to 238 babies. In 2025, 28 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1938 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Ricki has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #797, in 1951. In 2025 it ranked #4,852. Among boys, its best rank was #595, in 1953.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#4,852Not ranked
Best rank#797 (1951)#595 (1953)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#1,507 in the 1990s#713 in the 1950s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Ricki alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Ricki were born in California than in any other state: about 456 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ricki was given 2.3 times as often in Texas, 2.1 times in California and 1.9 times in Indiana.

California 456
Texas 321
New York 273
Pennsylvania 141
Ohio 140
Illinois 122
Indiana 79
Michigan 55
Florida 39
Iowa 36
Wisconsin 25
Missouri 24
North Carolina 21
Kentucky 21
Oklahoma 19
Georgia 16
Washington 14
Arizona 14
Minnesota 11
Kansas 11
Maryland 10
Louisiana 10
Virginia 10
Tennessee 6
Alabama 6
New Jersey 5
Utah 4

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