How rare is the name Rickey?

34,441 people in the United States have the first name Rickey, about 1 in 8,770. It ranks #1,152 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RICKEY

#1,152

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
34,441
About
1 in 8,770
This common or more
72%
Who bears it

Of the 34,441 people named Rickey, 61.1% reported their origin as White, 31.1% as Black and 3.3% as two or more races. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rickey peaked in 1958, when 3,818 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19242025
Peak year
1958
Births that year
3,818
In 2025*
45 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 62,391 babies have been given the name since 1924. 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.

Rickey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #264. The largest share of babies named Rickey, 66.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#9,13929
1930s#3,974133
1940s#6544,257
1950s#26428,179
1960s#41914,097
1970s#7455,301
1980s#8154,970
1990s#1,4142,672
2000s#2,4921,514
2010s#3,751922
2020s#5,426317
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–451.5%
Baby boom 1946–6466.6%
Generation X 1965–8016.2%
Millennials 1981–9610.4%
Generation Z 1997–123.9%
2013 and later1.5%

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 Rickey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rickey has been most common in Arkansas (4.7×), Alabama (3.6×), and Tennessee (2.9×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.05×).

58,566 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 Rickey

#1,150 Karin · 34,535#1,151 Lesley · 34,454#1,153 Adan · 34,348#1,154 Jayla · 34,334

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rickey, most common first.

#381 Ricky · 146,356#25,678 Richey · 368#35,030 Ricke · 231#51,342 Rickeya · 114

Also a last name

As a last name, Rickey ranks #13,040 of 156,621, with 2,249 people. See Rickey as a last name

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