first name
RICKY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 146,356 people named Ricky, 65.3% reported their origin as White, 16.8% as Black and 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.3% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ricky peaked in 1958, when 13,424 babies got the name.
At least 225,089 babies have been given the name since 1925. 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.
Ricky by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #105. The largest share of babies named Ricky, 57.8%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Ricky is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ricky has been most common in Arkansas (2.3×), Tennessee (2.2×), and Kentucky (2.2×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.17×).
221,249 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 Ricky
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ricky, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ricky ranks #82,881 of 156,621, with 245 people. See Ricky as a last name
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