Ricardo
Ricardo was given to 833 boys in 2025, #380 among boys’ names; 147,169 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 132,000 Americans named Ricardo and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (89% of everyone recorded); the median is 33 years old and half are between 22 and 48.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ricardo by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ricardo mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ricardo is “a male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Richard.”
From Portuguese and Spanish Ricardo. Doublet of Richard.
/ɹɪˈkɑɹdoʊ/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ricardo?
#380 among boys’ names, 2025
Ricardo fell from #277 in 2015 to #380 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.70 to 0.49 per 1,000.
3,055 babies in 1998, the peak
Ricardo peaked in 1998, when 3,055 babies were given it (3,044 boys, #126 among boys’ names). The 833 births of 2025 are 27% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 833 | #380 | 0.49 |
| 2024 | 871 | #373 | 0.51 |
| 2023 | 876 | #372 | 0.51 |
| 2022 | 920 | #357 | 0.53 |
| 2021 | 946 | #345 | 0.54 |
| 2020 | 963 | #339 | 0.56 |
| 2019 | 1,018 | #329 | 0.57 |
| 2018 | 1,125 | #306 | 0.62 |
| 2017 | 1,168 | #302 | 0.63 |
| 2016 | 1,297 | #281 | 0.68 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,340 | #277 | 0.70 |
| 2014 | 1,462 | #256 | 0.76 |
| 2013 | 1,430 | #253 | 0.76 |
| 2012 | 1,567 | #227 | 0.83 |
| 2011 | 1,635 | #216 | 0.86 |
| 2010 | 1,886 | #195 | 1.0 |
| 2009 | 2,303 | #170 | 1.2 |
| 2008 | 2,757 | #149 | 1.4 |
| 2007 | 2,779 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 2006 | 2,702 | #152 | 1.3 |
| 2005 | 2,626 | #157 | 1.3 |
| 2004 | 2,781 | #144 | 1.4 |
| 2003 | 2,762 | #148 | 1.4 |
| 2002 | 2,709 | #143 | 1.4 |
| 2001 | 2,853 | #138 | 1.5 |
| 2000 | 2,918 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 1999 | 2,987 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1998 | 3,044 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1997 | 2,926 | #130 | 1.6 |
| 1996 | 2,883 | #128 | 1.5 |
| 1995 | 2,871 | #126 | 1.5 |
| 1994 | 2,974 | #119 | 1.5 |
| 1993 | 2,947 | #120 | 1.5 |
| 1992 | 3,024 | #115 | 1.5 |
| 1991 | 2,853 | #117 | 1.4 |
| 1990 | 2,802 | #120 | 1.4 |
| 1989 | 2,735 | #119 | 1.4 |
| 1988 | 2,502 | #121 | 1.3 |
| 1987 | 2,124 | #131 | 1.1 |
| 1986 | 2,222 | #124 | 1.2 |
| 1985 | 2,139 | #131 | 1.2 |
| 1984 | 2,209 | #122 | 1.2 |
| 1983 | 2,179 | #121 | 1.2 |
| 1982 | 2,291 | #121 | 1.3 |
| 1981 | 2,364 | #117 | 1.3 |
| 1980 | 2,324 | #117 | 1.3 |
| 1979 | 2,076 | #130 | 1.2 |
| 1978 | 1,880 | #140 | 1.1 |
| 1977 | 1,724 | #147 | 1.0 |
| 1976 | 1,784 | #141 | 1.1 |
| 1975 | 1,726 | #143 | 1.1 |
| 1974 | 1,812 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 1973 | 1,631 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1972 | 1,701 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1971 | 1,670 | #165 | 0.94 |
| 1970 | 1,653 | #172 | 0.89 |
| 1969 | 1,573 | #177 | 0.88 |
| 1968 | 1,350 | #187 | 0.78 |
| 1967 | 1,290 | #188 | 0.74 |
| 1966 | 1,201 | #199 | 0.67 |
| 1965 | 1,279 | #198 | 0.69 |
| 1964 | 1,317 | #210 | 0.66 |
| 1963 | 1,327 | #211 | 0.65 |
| 1962 | 1,256 | #219 | 0.61 |
| 1961 | 1,245 | #222 | 0.59 |
| 1960 | 1,311 | #215 | 0.61 |
| 1959 | 1,346 | #210 | 0.63 |
| 1958 | 1,295 | #208 | 0.61 |
| 1957 | 1,182 | #220 | 0.55 |
| 1956 | 1,101 | #221 | 0.52 |
| 1955 | 1,104 | #216 | 0.54 |
| 1954 | 1,092 | #211 | 0.54 |
| 1953 | 1,051 | #209 | 0.53 |
| 1952 | 863 | #227 | 0.44 |
| 1951 | 670 | #257 | 0.36 |
| 1950 | 614 | #265 | 0.34 |
| 1949 | 492 | #307 | 0.28 |
| 1948 | 448 | #317 | 0.26 |
| 1947 | 379 | #349 | 0.21 |
| 1946 | 349 | #349 | 0.21 |
| 1945 | 282 | #354 | 0.21 |
| 1944 | 253 | #378 | 0.19 |
| 1943 | 211 | #430 | 0.15 |
| 1942 | 205 | #428 | 0.15 |
| 1941 | 218 | #391 | 0.18 |
| 1940 | 207 | #399 | 0.18 |
| 1939 | 179 | #425 | 0.16 |
| 1938 | 186 | #418 | 0.17 |
| 1937 | 196 | #399 | 0.18 |
| 1936 | 158 | #448 | 0.15 |
| 1935 | 162 | #448 | 0.16 |
| 1934 | 189 | #401 | 0.18 |
| 1933 | 168 | #423 | 0.17 |
| 1932 | 159 | #447 | 0.15 |
| 1931 | 176 | #430 | 0.17 |
| 1930 | 216 | #391 | 0.20 |
| 1929 | 204 | #412 | 0.19 |
| 1928 | 167 | #473 | 0.15 |
| 1927 | 152 | #494 | 0.13 |
| 1926 | 99 | #634 | 0.09 |
| 1925 | 138 | #524 | 0.12 |
| 1924 | 114 | #598 | 0.10 |
| 1923 | 81 | #728 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 85 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1921 | 54 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1920 | 74 | #774 | 0.07 |
| 1919 | 61 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1918 | 52 | #932 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 46 | #959 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 40 | #1,024 | 0.04 |
| 1915 | 37 | #1,066 | 0.04 |
| 1914 | 26 | #1,149 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 17 | #1,305 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 25 | #909 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 17 | #815 | 0.08 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,179 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 14 | #798 | 0.09 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,009 | 0.06 |
| 1907 | 10 | #919 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 8 | #947 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 8 | #897 | 0.07 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,003 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,181 | 0.05 |
| 1891 | 7 | #827 | 0.07 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,012 | 0.05 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ricardo a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ricardo has been given almost only to boys: 713 girls in 125 years of records.
Girls and boys named Ricardo: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ricardo, and how old are they?
132,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 89% of the 147,169 Americans ever recorded as Ricardo. The median Ricardo alive today is 33 years old; half are between 22 and 48.
The 2020 Census counted 189,959 people named Ricardo (354 women and girls, 189,605 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 130,243 born in the U.S. The Census count is 46% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 744 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 12,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 23,900 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 39,400 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 40,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 14,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ricardo born?
The states with the most babies named Ricardo are Texas, California and Florida, with 57% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 222 | #167 | 3.1× |
| California | 170 | #219 | 2.5× |
| Florida | 61 | #322 | 1.0× |
| Arizona | 42 | #202 | 2.0× |
| Illinois | 35 | #313 | 1.1× |
| New York | 25 | #617 | 0.8× |
| Georgia | 23 | #480 | 0.5× |
| North Carolina | 21 | #497 | 0.4× |
| Washington | 20 | #379 | 0.6× |
| Colorado | 16 | #395 | 0.8× |
Where Ricardo is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ricardo is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 3.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ricardo with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 3 names spelled alike, given to 148,824 babies since 1880, Ricardo is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 833 of their 849 babies (98%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ricardo
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ricardo and names like it
- Compare Ricardo and RiccardoBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sRicardo peaked in 1998.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ricardo since 1910.
- Portuguese namesWiktionary’s origin for Ricardo: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1998The year the most babies were named Ricardo.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Ricardo alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with RMost given first.