Rickie
- #7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births
- #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
- Given to boys 89.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1954 · 1,003 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 16,383since 1932
Rickie over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 7 girls in 1896 (see the data table).
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,491 | 14 | #6,446 | 13 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 | #5,075 | 19 |
| 2022 | #9,056 | 11 | #4,850 | 20 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | #3,740 | 29 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 | #4,698 | 20 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 | #6,406 | 13 |
| 2018 | #12,464 | 7 | #4,226 | 24 |
| 2017 | #15,902 | 5 | #4,935 | 19 |
| 2016 | #6,901 | 17 | #6,053 | 14 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #3,513 | 31 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #4,138 | 24 |
| 2013 | #14,582 | 6 | #3,864 | 26 |
| 2012 | #10,429 | 10 | #3,231 | 34 |
| 2011 | #9,150 | 12 | #2,852 | 41 |
| 2010 | — | #3,181 | 35 | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #3,639 | 29 |
| 2008 | #12,579 | 8 | #3,005 | 39 |
| 2007 | #9,539 | 12 | #3,188 | 35 |
| 2006 | — | #3,227 | 33 | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | #2,846 | 37 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #2,788 | 37 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #2,579 | 39 |
| 2002 | #12,187 | 7 | #2,125 | 50 |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 | #2,050 | 51 |
| 2000 | #5,491 | 20 | #2,175 | 46 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 | #1,824 | 54 |
| 1998 | #5,799 | 17 | #1,957 | 49 |
| 1997 | #3,815 | 29 | #1,814 | 52 |
| 1996 | #5,531 | 17 | #1,655 | 58 |
| 1995 | #4,348 | 23 | #1,369 | 74 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | #1,409 | 69 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 | #1,185 | 89 |
| 1992 | #4,382 | 23 | #1,116 | 97 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #1,227 | 82 |
| 1990 | #4,523 | 21 | #1,135 | 90 |
| 1989 | #5,545 | 15 | #1,009 | 103 |
| 1988 | #3,483 | 27 | #943 | 104 |
| 1987 | #4,474 | 18 | #896 | 109 |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | #901 | 102 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #810 | 120 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #859 | 105 |
| 1983 | #3,242 | 25 | #777 | 126 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 | #732 | 141 |
| 1981 | #2,986 | 29 | #728 | 141 |
| 1980 | #3,069 | 28 | #729 | 144 |
| 1979 | #2,997 | 28 | #688 | 154 |
| 1978 | #3,924 | 18 | #729 | 133 |
| 1977 | #4,069 | 17 | #710 | 143 |
| 1976 | #4,614 | 13 | #732 | 130 |
| 1975 | #3,637 | 18 | #645 | 160 |
| 1974 | #5,011 | 11 | #700 | 137 |
| 1973 | #4,586 | 12 | #587 | 182 |
| 1972 | #3,404 | 18 | #656 | 149 |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | #635 | 168 |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | #678 | 147 |
| 1969 | #3,461 | 16 | #559 | 195 |
| 1968 | #4,222 | 11 | #506 | 223 |
| 1967 | #3,211 | 16 | #520 | 207 |
| 1966 | #4,198 | 10 | #492 | 237 |
| 1965 | #2,938 | 18 | #464 | 282 |
| 1964 | #2,915 | 19 | #438 | 333 |
| 1963 | #3,458 | 14 | #391 | 414 |
| 1962 | #2,814 | 19 | #397 | 417 |
| 1961 | #2,250 | 28 | #371 | 459 |
| 1960 | #2,904 | 18 | #341 | 525 |
| 1959 | #2,289 | 25 | #288 | 741 |
| 1958 | #2,209 | 26 | #271 | 791 |
| 1957 | #2,276 | 24 | #262 | 834 |
| 1956 | #1,681 | 40 | #246 | 869 |
| 1955 | #1,480 | 47 | #237 | 875 |
| 1954 | #1,392 | 52 | #218 | 1,003 |
| 1953 | #1,241 | 61 | #222 | 905 |
| 1952 | #1,100 | 73 | #252 | 734 |
| 1951 | #1,151 | 66 | #302 | 530 |
| 1950 | #1,234 | 56 | #351 | 367 |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 63 | #377 | 316 |
| 1948 | #1,135 | 62 | #393 | 297 |
| 1947 | #1,059 | 70 | #424 | 258 |
| 1946 | #1,220 | 50 | #504 | 165 |
| 1945 | #1,332 | 36 | #728 | 71 |
| 1944 | #1,486 | 30 | #814 | 59 |
| 1943 | #2,352 | 15 | #1,461 | 23 |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #1,799 | 16 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | — | #2,478 | 9 | |
| 1939 | — | #3,480 | 5 | |
| 1938 | #3,181 | 8 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | #3,431 | 7 | — | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
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| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | — | |
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| 1896 | #1,292 | 7 | — | |
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First appearance
1932
The first year at least five boys were named Rickie! It came in at #3,776, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1935–1936, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rickie is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Rickie in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Rickie
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 23 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #6,446)
- 1,748 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 647 spots in 1944
- Biggest drop: 119 spots in 1970
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1932
- Peaked 1954 at #218 (1,003 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1944–1988
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,033
- Highest: 1 in 2,033 boys born in 1954 were named Rickie (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 46.7% of all boys named Rickie (7,649) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 35 | #2,868 (1938) | #3,325 |
| 1940s | 1,224 | #377 (1949) | #1,131 |
| 1950s | 7,649 | #218 (1954) | #265 |
| 1960s | 3,292 | #341 (1960) | #448 |
| 1970s | 1,503 | #587 (1973) | #676 |
| 1980s | 1,195 | #728 (1981) | #838 |
| 1990s | 714 | #1,116 (1992) | #1,469 |
| 2000s | 396 | #2,050 (2001) | #2,762 |
| 2010s | 261 | #2,852 (2011) | #4,240 |
| 2020s | 114 | #3,740 (2021) | #5,213 |
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.
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