first name
RICARDO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 189,959 people named Ricardo, 86.8% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 6% as Black and 4% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ricardo peaked in 1998, when 3,055 babies got the name.
At least 147,169 babies have been given the name since 1888. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ricardo by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #233. The largest share of babies named Ricardo, 28.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ricardo is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ricardo has been most common in Texas (3.4×), California (3×), and Arizona (2.8×), and least common in Kentucky (0.05×).
143,655 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ricardo
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ricardo, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ricardo ranks #8,871 of 156,621, with 3,544 people. See Ricardo as a last name
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