How Many People Are Named Ricky?
people named Ricky are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,894 people in the US has this name
Based on 225,089 babies named Ricky in Social Security records from 1925 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
13,424 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 Ricky in English. Counting Ricky and these spellings together, about 247,952 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Ricky, 0.9% were girls and 99.1% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1930s: 11.1% of the babies were girls then and 3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ricky alive today is about 55 years old, and 55% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 44 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ricky first appears in the records in 1925 and was given most often in 1958, to 13,424 babies. In 2025, 263 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1925 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ricky never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #34, in 1958 to 1959, and it was in the top 100 for 18 years, 1952 to 1969. In 2025 it ranked #949.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #949 |
| Best rank | #34 (1958 to 1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | 18 (1952 to 1969) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #47 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ricky alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ricky were born in Texas than in any other state: about 17,568 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ricky was given 2.6 times as often in Arkansas, 2.4 times in Tennessee and 2.3 times in Kentucky.
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