first name
RICO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 8,753 people named Rico, 50.3% reported their origin as Black, 27.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.3% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 99.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rico peaked in 1976, when 327 babies got the name.
At least 9,971 babies have been given the name since 1915. 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.
Rico by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #1,288. The largest share of babies named Rico, 32%, 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 Rico is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rico has been most common in Georgia (4.4×), District of Columbia (3.2×), and Tennessee (2.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.12×).
6,809 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 Rico
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rico, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rico ranks #1,350 of 156,621, with 25,453 people. See Rico as a last name
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