How rare is the name Ricki?

5,253 people in the United States have the first name Ricki, about 1 in 57,497. It ranks #3,777 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

RICKI

#3,777

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,253
About
1 in 57,497
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,253 people named Ricki, 73.5% reported their origin as White, 9.7% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.6% as Black. 68.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ricki peaked in 1953, when 238 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19382025
Peak year
1953
Births that year
238
In 2025*
28 ▼88%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 6,745 babies have been given the name since 1938. 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.

Ricki by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,257. The largest share of babies named Ricki, 38.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1930s#9,74313
1940s#1,921562
1950s#1,2571,761
1960s#2,034794
1970s#2,483661
1980s#2,753698
1990s#2,2931,270
2000s#5,438491
2010s#7,611322
2020s#8,133173
Silent Generation 1928–452.5%
Baby boom 1946–6438.8%
Generation X 1965–8015.8%
Millennials 1981–9622.5%
Generation Z 1997–1214.4%
2013 and later6%

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 Ricki is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ricki has been most common in California (2.3×), Texas (2.2×), and Indiana (1.9×), and least common in Florida (0.55×).

2,270 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.

Exactly as common as Ricki

1 other first name also has 5,253 people.

#3,777 Jacquline · 5,253

Either side of Ricki

#3,775 Nya · 5,258#3,777 Jacquline · 5,253#3,779 Princeton · 5,250#3,780 Baron · 5,249

Spelled almost the same

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

#381 Ricky · 146,356#559 Rick · 98,277#2,198 Rickie · 11,983#3,327 Rikki · 6,376#9,006 Ricci · 1,573#9,021 Riki · 1,571#26,023 Rickia · 361#31,866 Richi · 267

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