Rikki
- #3,100 for girls in 2025, 52 births
- Last seen for boys in 2016 at #9,664
- Given to girls 91.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 362 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,088since 1943
Rikki over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #3,100 | 52 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,695 | 41 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,416 | 46 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,607 | 41 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,388 | 46 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,962 | 55 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,305 | 48 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,697 | 64 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #2,590 | 69 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,272 | 49 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,533 | 70 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #3,213 | 51 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #3,132 | 53 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #3,010 | 56 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,088 | 55 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #3,214 | 53 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,436 | 72 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #2,737 | 57 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #2,527 | 62 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #2,151 | 76 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,998 | 83 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #1,560 | 108 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #1,373 | 125 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #1,166 | 158 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #957 | 201 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #754 | 270 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #613 | 362 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #754 | 275 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #794 | 254 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #866 | 231 | #2,406 | 29 |
| 1990 | #822 | 238 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #852 | 218 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #767 | 244 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #779 | 227 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #783 | 216 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #795 | 209 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #875 | 173 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #804 | 193 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #829 | 189 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #785 | 207 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #913 | 165 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #974 | 147 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #1,194 | 105 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #1,016 | 132 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #1,131 | 105 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #1,026 | 117 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #1,226 | 89 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #1,773 | 49 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #1,832 | 46 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,594 | 59 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #2,171 | 34 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,056 | 34 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,308 | 27 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
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First appearance
1943
The first year at least five girls were named Rikki! It came in at #4,691, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1945, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Rikki is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- New Jersey#846 · 1 in 4,438
- New York#947 · 1 in 4,896
Best ever in a state: #146 in Wyoming, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| New Jersey | #846 | 8 | 1 in 4,438 |
| New York | #947 | 16 | 1 in 4,896 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 507 spots since 2020 (#3,607 → #3,100)
- 510 spots since 2015 (#2,590 → #3,100)
- Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1979
- Biggest drop: 209 spots in 1997
Rise & fade · girls
51 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1994 at #613 (362 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 18 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1979–1996
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,933
- Highest: 1 in 4,933 girls born in 1994 were named Rikki (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 30,909 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
- 31.3% of all girls named Rikki (2,222) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1957
- Mostly boys until 1956, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 81 | #1,901 (1948) | #3,307 |
| 1950s | 180 | #1,978 (1952) | #2,675 |
| 1960s | 235 | #2,039 (1967) | #2,717 |
| 1970s | 892 | #974 (1979) | #1,372 |
| 1980s | 2,041 | #767 (1988) | #818 |
| 1990s | 2,222 | #613 (1994) | #966 |
| 2000s | 596 | #1,998 (2000) | #2,842 |
| 2010s | 561 | #2,533 (2013) | #3,010 |
| 2020s | 280 | #3,100 (2025) | #3,375 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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