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

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Peak · boys
1976 · 318 births
Debut · boys
11 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
9,926
since 1915

Rico over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rico has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201995peak #436, 1976boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#1,79389
2024—#1,68599
2023—#1,623107
2022—#1,642105
2021—#1,442125
2020—#1,437120
2019—#1,327137
2018—#1,348133
2017—#1,236148
2016—#1,433121
2015—#1,396123
2014—#1,218150
2013—#1,340127
2012—#1,490108
2011—#1,219143
2010—#1,292133
2009—#1,360126
2008—#1,182150
2007—#1,188148
2006—#1,172144
2005—#1,307116
2004—#1,067150
2003—#1,262114
2002—#1,168121
2001—#1,283103
2000—#1,116126
1999—#1,055130
1998—#953146
1997—#941143
1996—#945137
1995—#862157
1994—#798177
1993—#674232
1992—#675236
1991—#566319
1990—#584295
1989—#583280
1988—#647214
1987—#687175
1986#7,1349#661184
1985—#731146
1984—#725144
1983—#682157
1982—#653177
1981—#705151
1980—#585216
1979—#607200
1978—#557225
1977—#546233
1976#6,0489#436318
1975#5,51610#540222
1974—#580192
1973—#593175
1972#5,9598#646152
1971—#604190
1970#5,4139#695142
1969—#90371
1968—#89864
1967—#1,07147
1966—#1,17840
1965—#1,14443
1964—#1,21940
1963—#1,25538
1962—#1,51527
1961—#1,01359
1960—#1,43431
1959—#1,30236
1958—#2,02616
1957—#1,67323
1956—#1,48028
1955—#1,90217
1954—#2,20713
1953—#2,53110
1952—#2,15313
1951—#2,13513
1950—#2,7708
1949—#2,02214
1948—#3,3166
1947—#3,3706
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1943—#2,9647
1942—#2,9407
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1934—#3,2776
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First appearance
1915

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 1995

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedMNIllinois: #790 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,180 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedMINew York: #1,315 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 20,390 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #808 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 11,822 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedNEMissouri: #588 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,859 boysMOKentucky: #415 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,639 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedVAMaryland: #539 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,919 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedDEArizona: #480 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,060 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedARTennessee: #426 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,836 boysTNNorth Carolina: #759 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,962 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedLAMississippi: #388 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,509 boysMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedALGeorgia: #663 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,053 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Rico, so not publishedHITexas: #839 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 10,936 boysTXFlorida: #1,101 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 16,981 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Mississippi#388 · 1 in 2,509
  2. Kentucky#415 · 1 in 4,639
  3. Tennessee#426 · 1 in 3,836
  4. Arizona#480 · 1 in 4,060
  5. Maryland#539 · 1 in 4,919

Best ever in a state: #140 in Georgia, 1976.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#38861 in 2,509
Kentucky#41551 in 4,639
Tennessee#42691 in 3,836
Arizona#48081 in 4,060
Maryland#53961 in 4,919
Missouri#58851 in 6,859
Georgia#66381 in 6,053
North Carolina#75951 in 8,962
Illinois#79091 in 9,180
California#808221 in 11,822
Texas#839141 in 10,936
Florida#1,10151 in 16,981
New York#1,31561 in 20,390
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
61 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 1976 at #436 (318 births)
  • Births halved by 1981, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 31 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1968–1998
Share of babies · boys
1 in 4,934
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 20.6% of all boys named Rico (2,049) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s26#2,310 (1915)#2,878
1920s53#2,843 (1928)#3,659
1930s29#2,479 (1937)#2,950
1940s50#2,022 (1949)#3,072
1950s177#1,302 (1959)#2,018
1960s460#898 (1968)#1,163
1970s2,049#436 (1976)#580
1980s1,844#583 (1989)#666
1990s1,972#566 (1991)#805
2000s1,298#1,067 (2004)#1,211
2010s1,323#1,218 (2014)#1,330
2020s645#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 1995

boys
#862
157 births · 1 in 12,125 boys

Top boys' names in 1995

  1. #1Michael41,409
  2. #2Matthew32,882
  3. #3Christopher32,679
  4. #4Jacob31,134
  5. #5Joshua30,720
  6. #6Tyler29,161
  7. #7Nicholas29,160
  8. #8Brandon26,904
  9. #9Daniel26,728
  10. #10Austin25,908
  11. #862Rico157
More about 1995

boys

1,903,701 boys got a published name in 1995; 1 in 12,125 of them was named Rico, which outranked 91.7% of the 10,330 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rico
  1. #857Wendell160
  2. #860Kennedy159
  3. #861Jim158
  4. #862Rico157
  5. #862Augustus157
  6. #862Barrett157
  7. #862Chadwick157
  8. #873Dario156
  9. #873Demarco156
  10. #873Kenton156

Tied with 10 names at #862; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1994
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,703Tristin#2,307 → #604
  2. ↑ 1,494Raekwon#2,082 → #588
  3. ↑ 1,357Tristian#2,219 → #862
  4. ↑ 1,269Triston#1,795 → #526
  5. ↑ 1,186Rashaan#2,123 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 469Shyheim#817 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 335Ryne#897 → #1,232
  3. ↓ 251Daulton#792 → #1,043
  4. ↓ 247Demetri#886 → #1,133
  5. ↓ 242Jerrell#917 → #1,159

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1995 →