Rico
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #7,134 · #1,793 for boys in 2025, 89 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 318 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,926since 1915
Rico over time
Rank among boys' names. Rico has never cracked the top 400 here.
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 | — | #1,793 | 89 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,685 | 99 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,623 | 107 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,642 | 105 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,442 | 125 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,437 | 120 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,327 | 137 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,348 | 133 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,236 | 148 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,433 | 121 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,396 | 123 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,218 | 150 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,340 | 127 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,490 | 108 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,219 | 143 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,292 | 133 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,360 | 126 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,182 | 150 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,188 | 148 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,172 | 144 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,307 | 116 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,067 | 150 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,262 | 114 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,168 | 121 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,283 | 103 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,116 | 126 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,055 | 130 | |
| 1998 | — | #953 | 146 | |
| 1997 | — | #941 | 143 | |
| 1996 | — | #945 | 137 | |
| 1995 | — | #862 | 157 | |
| 1994 | — | #798 | 177 | |
| 1993 | — | #674 | 232 | |
| 1992 | — | #675 | 236 | |
| 1991 | — | #566 | 319 | |
| 1990 | — | #584 | 295 | |
| 1989 | — | #583 | 280 | |
| 1988 | — | #647 | 214 | |
| 1987 | — | #687 | 175 | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #661 | 184 |
| 1985 | — | #731 | 146 | |
| 1984 | — | #725 | 144 | |
| 1983 | — | #682 | 157 | |
| 1982 | — | #653 | 177 | |
| 1981 | — | #705 | 151 | |
| 1980 | — | #585 | 216 | |
| 1979 | — | #607 | 200 | |
| 1978 | — | #557 | 225 | |
| 1977 | — | #546 | 233 | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #436 | 318 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #540 | 222 |
| 1974 | — | #580 | 192 | |
| 1973 | — | #593 | 175 | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #646 | 152 |
| 1971 | — | #604 | 190 | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #695 | 142 |
| 1969 | — | #903 | 71 | |
| 1968 | — | #898 | 64 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,071 | 47 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,178 | 40 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,144 | 43 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,219 | 40 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,255 | 38 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,013 | 59 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,434 | 31 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,302 | 36 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,673 | 23 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,480 | 28 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
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| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
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| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
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| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
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| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rico! It came in at #2,310, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rico is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#234 · 1 in 1,504
- Tennessee#244 · 1 in 2,053
- Georgia#254 · 1 in 1,786
- Ohio#336 · 1 in 4,466
- North Carolina#354 · 1 in 3,415
Best ever in a state: #140 in Georgia, 1976.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #234 | 14 | 1 in 1,504 |
| Tennessee | #244 | 16 | 1 in 2,053 |
| Georgia | #254 | 22 | 1 in 1,786 |
| Ohio | #336 | 18 | 1 in 4,466 |
| North Carolina | #354 | 11 | 1 in 3,415 |
| Oklahoma | #390 | 5 | 1 in 4,269 |
| Wisconsin | #396 | 5 | 1 in 6,906 |
| Mississippi | #414 | 5 | 1 in 3,785 |
| Alabama | #429 | 6 | 1 in 4,499 |
| Florida | #514 | 10 | 1 in 5,474 |
| Louisiana | #526 | 7 | 1 in 4,985 |
| Illinois | #640 | 9 | 1 in 9,305 |
| California | #681 | 18 | 1 in 9,985 |
| Texas | #1,082 | 6 | 1 in 20,553 |
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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 Rico
- 108 spots since 2024 (#1,685 → #1,793)
- 356 spots since 2020 (#1,437 → #1,793)
- 397 spots since 2015 (#1,396 → #1,793)
- Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1970 (#903 → #695)
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1994 (#674 → #798)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1976 at #436 (318 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1968–1998
- Highest: 1 in 4,934 boys born in 1976 were named Rico (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,192 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 20.6% of all boys named Rico (2,049) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 26 | #2,310 (1915) | #2,878 |
| 1920s | 53 | #2,843 (1928) | #3,659 |
| 1930s | 29 | #2,479 (1937) | #2,950 |
| 1940s | 50 | #2,022 (1949) | #3,072 |
| 1950s | 177 | #1,302 (1959) | #2,018 |
| 1960s | 460 | #898 (1968) | #1,163 |
| 1970s | 2,049 | #436 (1976) | #580 |
| 1980s | 1,844 | #583 (1989) | #666 |
| 1990s | 1,972 | #566 (1991) | #805 |
| 2000s | 1,298 | #1,067 (2004) | #1,211 |
| 2010s | 1,323 | #1,218 (2014) | #1,330 |
| 2020s | 645 | #1,437 (2020) | #1,604 |
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.
Rico in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 8,608 of them was named Rico, which outranked 91.4% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.