Ricki

Where Ricki comes from

From Richard. As a female name also from Erica.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ricki
  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Ricki through the years
  1. 1938
    First appearance
    #4,342 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1951
    Peak, #794
    125 babies named Ricki, its best rank.
  3. 1955
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #1,347.
  4. 1964
    Ricki Osterthun born
    West German tennis player
  5. 1966
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  6. 1968
    Ricki Lake born
    American television host and actress
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Richard, more often spelled Rickie or Ricky.
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages and a nickname of modern usage, also spelled Rikki.
Namesakes
  • Ricki Lake · American television host and actress, born 1968
  • Ricki Osterthun · West German tennis player, born 1964
  • Ricki Olsen · Danish footballer, born 1988
  • Ricki Noel Lander · American actress, born 1979
  • Ricki Hall · British male model and actor, born 1987

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.