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
- 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
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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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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 1983
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Maryland#352 · 1 in 4,327
- Kentucky#360 · 1 in 5,120
- Virginia#400 · 1 in 4,996
- Tennessee#404 · 1 in 5,305
- Missouri#407 · 1 in 5,973
Best ever in a state: #98 in Kentucky, 1953.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #352 | 6 | 1 in 4,327 |
| Kentucky | #360 | 5 | 1 in 5,120 |
| Virginia | #400 | 7 | 1 in 4,996 |
| Tennessee | #404 | 6 | 1 in 5,305 |
| Missouri | #407 | 6 | 1 in 5,973 |
| Ohio | #474 | 9 | 1 in 8,447 |
| North Carolina | #488 | 6 | 1 in 6,330 |
| Florida | #632 | 8 | 1 in 8,516 |
| Illinois | #844 | 5 | 1 in 16,353 |
| Texas | #885 | 9 | 1 in 15,792 |
| New York | #891 | 7 | 1 in 16,671 |
| California | #895 | 12 | 1 in 17,242 |
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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 Rickie
- 23 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #6,446)
- 1,748 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #6,446)
- 2,933 spots since 2015 (#3,513 → #6,446)
- Biggest jump: 647 spots in 1944 (#1,461 → #814)
- Biggest drop: 119 spots in 1970 (#559 → #678)
- Debuted 1932
- Peaked 1954 at #218 (1,003 births)
- Births halved by 1961, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1944–1988
- 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%)
- 46.7% of all boys named Rickie (7,649) were born in this decade
- 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.
Rickie in 1983
Top girls' names in 1983
Top boys' names in 1983
More about 1983
girls
1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 66,824 of them was named Rickie, which outranked 73.1% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,151Yesica26
- #3,151Zakia26
- #3,151Zaneta26
- #3,242Rickie25
- #3,242Abagail25
- #3,242Adrea25
- #3,242Ainsley25
- #3,340Alexsis24
- #3,340Aliya24
- #3,340Andi24
Tied with 97 names at #3,242; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 14,227 of them was named Rickie, which outranked 89.4% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).