Ricardo

Last seen for girls in 2005 at #14,502 · #380 for boys in 2025, 833 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1992 · 3,024 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
146,456
since 1888

Ricardo over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ricardo has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970peak #115, 1992boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#380833
2024—#373871
2023—#371876
2022—#357920
2021—#345946
2020—#339963
2019—#3291,018
2018—#3051,125
2017—#3021,168
2016—#2811,297
2015—#2771,340
2014—#2561,462
2013—#2531,430
2012—#2261,567
2011—#2151,635
2010—#1951,886
2009—#1702,303
2008—#1492,757
2007—#1462,779
2006—#1522,702
2005#14,5026#1572,626
2004#11,6248#1442,781
2003#11,3258#1482,762
2002#10,2469#1432,709
2001#13,5216#1382,853
2000#15,0315#1342,918
1999#7,23913#1262,987
1998#8,01611#1253,044
1997#12,0706#1302,926
1996#6,39214#1282,883
1995#8,7669#1262,871
1994#5,01619#1192,974
1993#4,99819#1202,947
1992#5,26718#1153,024
1991#6,97612#1172,853
1990#6,13114#1202,802
1989#5,04917#1192,735
1988#4,01522#1212,502
1987#4,47418#1312,124
1986#3,27727#1242,222
1985#4,28218#1312,139
1984#4,73715#1222,209
1983#4,10918#1212,179
1982#3,89820#1212,291
1981#4,34417#1172,364
1980#4,51716#1172,324
1979#3,54122#1302,076
1978#3,38822#1401,880
1977#3,36622#1471,724
1976#5,21511#1411,784
1975#3,95016#1431,726
1974#3,55818#1401,812
1973#3,63517#1511,631
1972#5,4809#1531,701
1971#3,65217#1651,670
1970#3,87215#1721,653
1969#3,61915#1771,573
1968#4,7799#1871,350
1967#4,05311#1881,290
1966#4,19810#1991,201
1965#3,73312#1981,279
1964#4,35510#2101,317
1963#5,8916#2111,327
1962#4,01111#2191,256
1961#4,00911#2221,245
1960#4,4379#2151,311
1959#4,6258#2101,346
1958#6,1035#2081,295
1957#4,5368#2191,182
1956#4,8377#2211,101
1955#3,77810#2161,104
1954#3,71810#2111,092
1953#5,6735#2091,051
1952—#227863
1951#4,8336#257670
1950—#264614
1949—#307492
1948#5,2435#317448
1947—#349379
1946—#348349
1945#4,5565#354282
1944—#376253
1943—#429211
1942#4,1246#427205
1941—#390218
1940—#399207
1939—#424179
1938—#418186
1937—#398196
1936—#447158
1935—#448162
1934—#400189
1933—#422168
1932—#446159
1931—#428176
1930—#389216
1929—#411204
1928—#473167
1927—#493152
1926—#63199
1925—#523138
1924—#594114
1923—#72581
1922—#70985
1921—#95354
1920—#76674
1919—#83961
1918—#91852
1917—#94646
1916—#1,01340
1915—#1,05437
1914—#1,12726
1913—#1,25617
1912—#89225
1911—#79317
1910—#1,1189
1909—#75614
1908—#9469
1907—#86610
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1903—#8468
1902—#9337
1901—#1,0585
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five boys were named Ricardo! It came in at #917, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1889–1890, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Ricardo is popular in 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedNHWashington: #280 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,562 boysWAIdaho: #179 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,018 boysIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedMNIllinois: #159 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 987 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedWIMichigan: #208 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 1,808 boysMINew York: #119 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 733 boysNYMassachusetts: #228 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 3,109 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedORNevada: #144 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 634 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedIAIndiana: #311 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,673 boysINOhio: #289 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 3,462 boysOHPennsylvania: #226 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 2,610 boysPANew Jersey: #162 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 1,178 boysNJConnecticut: #249 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,571 boysCTCalifornia: #72 for boys · 449 births · 1 in 397 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedUTColorado: #255 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,977 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedNEMissouri: #468 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,919 boysMOKentucky: #384 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,786 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedWVVirginia: #341 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,823 boysVAMaryland: #243 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,555 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedDEArizona: #128 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 566 boysAZNew Mexico: #220 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,065 boysNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedARTennessee: #385 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,045 boysTNNorth Carolina: #355 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,800 boysNCSouth Carolina: #399 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,668 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #103 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 505 boysDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #346 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,821 boysLAMississippi: #407 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,243 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ricardo, so not publishedALGeorgia: #313 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,819 boysGAHawaii: #244 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,327 boysHITexas: #50 for boys · 439 births · 1 in 261 boysTXFlorida: #201 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 1,250 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#50 · 1 in 261
  2. California#72 · 1 in 397
  3. District of Columbia#103 · 1 in 505
  4. New York#119 · 1 in 733
  5. Arizona#128 · 1 in 566

Best ever in a state: #44 in Texas, 1972.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Texas#504391 in 261
California#724491 in 397
District of Columbia#103241 in 505
New York#1192111 in 733
Arizona#128301 in 566
Nevada#14461 in 634
Illinois#159981 in 987
New Jersey#162471 in 1,178
Idaho#17961 in 1,018
Florida#201431 in 1,250
Michigan#208451 in 1,808
New Mexico#22091 in 1,065
Pennsylvania#226361 in 2,610
Massachusetts#228151 in 3,109
Maryland#243111 in 2,555
Hawaii#24451 in 1,327
Connecticut#24991 in 2,571
Colorado#255101 in 1,977
Washington#280111 in 2,562
Ohio#289281 in 3,462
Indiana#311131 in 3,673
Georgia#313161 in 2,819
Virginia#341101 in 3,823
Louisiana#346121 in 2,821
North Carolina#355121 in 3,800
Kentucky#38451 in 5,786
Tennessee#38571 in 5,045
South Carolina#39951 in 4,668
Mississippi#40751 in 4,243
Missouri#46851 in 7,919
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Ricardo
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 7 spots since 2024 (#373 → #380)
  • 41 spots since 2020 (#339 → #380)
  • 103 spots since 2015 (#277 → #380)
  • Biggest jump: 325 spots in 1911 (#1,118 → #793)
  • Biggest drop: 364 spots in 1913 (#892 → #1,256)
Rise & fade · boys
104 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1992 at #115 (3,024 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 119 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1917–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 628
  • Highest: 1 in 628 boys born in 1998 were named Ricardo (0.16%)
  • Latest: 1 in 2,051 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
  • Its best rank, #115 in 1992, was only 1 in 661 (0.15%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 20.0% of all boys named Ricardo (29,311) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#917 (1888)#917
1890s7#766 (1891)#766
1900s61#756 (1909)#897
1910s330#793 (1911)#996
1920s1,168#411 (1929)#628
1930s1,789#389 (1930)#422
1940s3,044#307 (1949)#370
1950s10,318#208 (1958)#224
1960s13,149#177 (1969)#203
1970s17,657#130 (1979)#148
1980s23,089#117 (1981)#122
1990s29,311#115 (1992)#123
2000s27,190#134 (2000)#148
2010s13,928#195 (2010)#264
2020s5,409#339 (2020)#361

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ricardo in 1970

girls
#3,872
15 births · 1 in 116,543 girls
boys
#172
1,653 births · 1 in 1,124 boys

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #3,872Ricardo15

Top boys' names in 1970

  1. #1Michael85,266
  2. #2James61,735
  3. #3David61,728
  4. #4John58,491
  5. #5Robert57,177
  6. #6Christopher41,747
  7. #7William38,887
  8. #8Brian31,917
  9. #9Mark31,461
  10. #10Richard30,442
  11. #172Ricardo1,653
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 116,543 of them was named Ricardo, which outranked 58.6% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ricardo
  1. #3,712Yolander16
  2. #3,712Yolunda16
  3. #3,712Yvonda16
  4. #3,872Ricardo15
  5. #3,872Adelia15
  6. #3,872Adonica15
  7. #3,872Alex15
  8. #4,038Adelaide14
  9. #4,038Adrien14
  10. #4,038Aishah14

Tied with 165 names at #3,872; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 1,124 of them was named Ricardo, which outranked 96.8% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ricardo
  1. #169Harry1,696
  2. #170Manuel1,695
  3. #171Melvin1,678
  4. #172Ricardo1,653
  5. #173Earl1,630
  6. #174Damon1,622
  7. #175Clinton1,595
Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,783Jermaine#4,404 → #621
  2. ↑ 1,000Dax#1,861 → #861
  3. ↑ 842Jeramy#1,810 → #968
  4. ↑ 639Branden#1,570 → #931
  5. ↑ 407Braden#1,396 → #989
Fallers
  1. ↓ 593Jemal#549 → #1,142
  2. ↓ 307Karen#885 → #1,192
  3. ↓ 307Merlin#885 → #1,192
  4. ↓ 302Dennie#920 → #1,222
  5. ↓ 276Luciano#931 → #1,207

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970 →