Ricki

Where Ricki comes from

From Richard. As a female name also from Erica.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ricki
  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1938
    First appearance
    #4,342 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1951
    Peak, #794
    125 babies named Ricki — more than any year before or since.
  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 it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  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.