Ricky
#7,133 for girls in 2025, 15 births · #948 for boys in 2025, 248 births
Given to boys 99.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 13,375 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 18 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 223,145since 1925
Ricky over time
Rank among boys' names. 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 | #7,133 | 15 | #948 | 248 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #826 | 302 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #872 | 270 |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | #835 | 292 |
| 2021 | — | #773 | 323 | |
| 2020 | #8,953 | 11 | #696 | 366 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 | #657 | 402 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #678 | 368 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 | #683 | 366 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #602 | 448 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #582 | 478 |
| 2014 | — | #518 | 540 | |
| 2013 | — | #495 | 552 | |
| 2012 | — | #459 | 592 | |
| 2011 | #14,824 | 6 | #455 | 590 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 | #449 | 595 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #416 | 700 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 | #365 | 851 |
| 2007 | #11,630 | 9 | #373 | 823 |
| 2006 | #13,606 | 7 | #395 | 760 |
| 2005 | — | #376 | 769 | |
| 2004 | #6,489 | 18 | #358 | 786 |
| 2003 | — | #348 | 799 | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | #341 | 802 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #326 | 858 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #294 | 1,025 |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | #271 | 1,098 |
| 1998 | #7,532 | 12 | #292 | 970 |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 | #264 | 1,076 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #248 | 1,197 |
| 1995 | #5,677 | 16 | #237 | 1,227 |
| 1994 | #5,249 | 18 | #205 | 1,412 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 | #208 | 1,442 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #191 | 1,620 |
| 1991 | #6,253 | 14 | #193 | 1,617 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 | #176 | 1,759 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #159 | 1,897 |
| 1988 | #4,015 | 22 | #148 | 1,882 |
| 1987 | #3,983 | 21 | #148 | 1,854 |
| 1986 | #4,347 | 18 | #144 | 1,958 |
| 1985 | #3,246 | 27 | #145 | 1,932 |
| 1984 | #3,423 | 24 | #138 | 1,981 |
| 1983 | #2,783 | 31 | #128 | 2,081 |
| 1982 | #3,172 | 27 | #129 | 2,119 |
| 1981 | #3,340 | 25 | #122 | 2,221 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 | #122 | 2,232 |
| 1979 | #3,777 | 20 | #124 | 2,225 |
| 1978 | #3,777 | 19 | #130 | 2,017 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #136 | 1,959 |
| 1976 | #2,932 | 25 | #132 | 1,993 |
| 1975 | #2,516 | 31 | #135 | 1,918 |
| 1974 | #2,133 | 38 | #129 | 2,033 |
| 1973 | #2,914 | 23 | #133 | 1,939 |
| 1972 | #2,976 | 22 | #127 | 2,236 |
| 1971 | #3,789 | 16 | #121 | 2,659 |
| 1970 | #2,450 | 30 | #105 | 3,092 |
| 1969 | #2,350 | 30 | #90 | 3,415 |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | #70 | 4,036 |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 | #75 | 4,019 |
| 1966 | #1,882 | 37 | #64 | 4,680 |
| 1965 | #2,247 | 28 | #57 | 5,659 |
| 1964 | #1,635 | 49 | #54 | 6,758 |
| 1963 | #1,435 | 60 | #47 | 8,114 |
| 1962 | #1,456 | 58 | #50 | 8,694 |
| 1961 | #1,454 | 59 | #44 | 10,027 |
| 1960 | #1,354 | 66 | #38 | 11,000 |
| 1959 | #1,174 | 82 | #34 | 13,226 |
| 1958 | #1,527 | 49 | #34 | 13,375 |
| 1957 | #1,458 | 53 | #40 | 10,574 |
| 1956 | #1,506 | 50 | #43 | 8,780 |
| 1955 | #1,803 | 34 | #46 | 8,329 |
| 1954 | #1,300 | 58 | #46 | 8,164 |
| 1953 | #1,358 | 51 | #51 | 6,887 |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | #81 | 4,655 |
| 1951 | #1,772 | 30 | #102 | 3,073 |
| 1950 | #1,653 | 32 | #128 | 2,107 |
| 1949 | #1,666 | 32 | #148 | 1,791 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 | #155 | 1,600 |
| 1947 | #1,377 | 45 | #173 | 1,301 |
| 1946 | #1,860 | 24 | #220 | 761 |
| 1945 | #1,825 | 21 | #252 | 523 |
| 1944 | #2,625 | 12 | #301 | 393 |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #465 | 182 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #598 | 110 |
| 1941 | #4,420 | 5 | #654 | 87 |
| 1940 | — | #919 | 48 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,219 | 29 | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | #1,199 | 30 |
| 1937 | — | #1,576 | 19 | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #1,243 | 28 |
| 1935 | — | #1,584 | 19 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,551 | 20 | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | — | #2,849 | 8 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | — | #2,444 | 11 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | #4,725 | 5 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | — | #2,566 | 11 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Ricky! It came in at #3,741, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1925, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.
Where Ricky is popular in 2009
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#225 · 1 in 1,072
- Arkansas#237 · 1 in 1,002
- Kentucky#243 · 1 in 1,302
- Alabama#289 · 1 in 1,510
- Louisiana#295 · 1 in 1,391
Best ever in a state: #8 in Tennessee, 1958.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #225 | 8 | 1 in 1,072 |
| Arkansas | #237 | 15 | 1 in 1,002 |
| Kentucky | #243 | 18 | 1 in 1,302 |
| Alabama | #289 | 16 | 1 in 1,510 |
| Louisiana | #295 | 18 | 1 in 1,391 |
| California | #318 | 118 | 1 in 2,052 |
| Florida | #338 | 46 | 1 in 2,072 |
| Texas | #343 | 94 | 1 in 1,984 |
| Indiana | #348 | 19 | 1 in 1,968 |
| Nevada | #353 | 8 | 1 in 1,794 |
| Georgia | #376 | 28 | 1 in 2,108 |
| New York | #378 | 44 | 1 in 2,448 |
| Virginia | #396 | 17 | 1 in 2,480 |
| Oregon | #399 | 9 | 1 in 2,146 |
| Tennessee | #406 | 15 | 1 in 2,421 |
| Ohio | #415 | 22 | 1 in 2,848 |
| Mississippi | #424 | 7 | 1 in 2,129 |
| South Carolina | #432 | 9 | 1 in 2,411 |
| Washington | #437 | 15 | 1 in 2,464 |
| North Carolina | #442 | 19 | 1 in 2,833 |
| Missouri | #454 | 12 | 1 in 2,788 |
| Connecticut | #457 | 5 | 1 in 3,059 |
| Illinois | #483 | 23 | 1 in 3,154 |
| Iowa | #490 | 5 | 1 in 3,164 |
| Oklahoma | #491 | 8 | 1 in 2,682 |
| Maryland | #492 | 9 | 1 in 3,195 |
| Colorado | #524 | 9 | 1 in 3,194 |
| Kansas | #558 | 5 | 1 in 3,349 |
| Arizona | #562 | 10 | 1 in 3,993 |
| Pennsylvania | #575 | 14 | 1 in 4,437 |
| Wisconsin | #643 | 6 | 1 in 4,783 |
| Michigan | #657 | 10 | 1 in 4,936 |
| New Jersey | #710 | 8 | 1 in 5,577 |
| Minnesota | #720 | 5 | 1 in 5,841 |
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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 Ricky
- 122 spots since 2024 (#826 → #948)
- 252 spots since 2020 (#696 → #948)
- 366 spots since 2015 (#582 → #948)
- Biggest jump: 300 spots in 1940 (#1,219 → #919)
- Biggest drop: 122 spots in 2025 (#826 → #948)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1958 at #34 (13,375 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 18 yrs · run 1952–1969
- Top 1,000: 86 yrs · run 1940–2025
- Highest: 1 in 159 boys born in 1958 were named Ricky (0.63%)
- Latest: 1 in 6,887 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 35.5% of all boys named Ricky (79,170) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 41 | #2,566 (1926) | #3,145 |
| 1930s | 185 | #1,199 (1938) | #1,835 |
| 1940s | 6,796 | #148 (1949) | #389 |
| 1950s | 79,170 | #34 (1958) | #61 |
| 1960s | 66,402 | #38 (1960) | #59 |
| 1970s | 22,071 | #105 (1970) | #127 |
| 1980s | 20,157 | #122 (1980) | #138 |
| 1990s | 13,418 | #176 (1990) | #229 |
| 2000s | 8,173 | #294 (2000) | #359 |
| 2010s | 4,931 | #449 (2010) | #558 |
| 2020s | 1,801 | #696 (2020) | #825 |
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.
Ricky in 2009
Top girls' names in 2009
Top boys' names in 2009
More about 2009
girls
1,837,114 girls got a published name in 2009; 1 in 183,711 of them was named Ricky, which outranked 47.1% of the 20,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #9,975Zyann11
- #9,975Zyara11
- #9,975Zykerria11
- #10,679Ricky10
- #10,679Aalaya10
- #10,679Aaliyan10
- #10,679Aaria10
- #11,459Aaira9
- #11,459Aamirah9
- #11,459Aarionna9
Tied with 779 names at #10,679; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,983,573 boys got a published name in 2009; 1 in 2,834 of them was named Ricky, which outranked 97.1% of the 14,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.