Riccardo — #6840 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Riccardo

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,560 babies named Riccardo between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Riccardo currently holds the #6840 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1979, when 37 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Riccardo performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 270 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Riccardo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 129 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Riccardo in 7 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Riccardo in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,560 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.