Rico

Where Rico comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Rico.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Rico through the years
  1. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,310 among boys with 11 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1976
    Peak, #436
    318 babies named Rico, its best rank.
  3. 1981
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #705.
  4. 1998
    Rico Rodriguez born
    American actor
  5. 2004
    Rico Lewis born
    English footballer
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given names Ricardo, Federico, and Enrico.
Namesakes
  • Rico Lewis · English footballer, born 2004
  • Rico Rodriguez · American actor, born 1998
  • Rico Henry · English association football player, born 1997
  • Rico Verhoeven · Dutch kickboxer, born 1989
  • Rico Rodriguez · Jamaican musician, 1934–2015

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.