Ricco — #7281 US boys' name
1,469 babies named Ricco in U.S. Social Security records since 1924, with the highest year being 1977. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 49% of names given to boys today.
24% of everyone ever named Ricco was born in this single decade.
62 babies were named Ricco in 1977 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ricco
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,469 babies named Ricco between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ricco currently holds the #7281 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1977, when 62 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ricco performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 353 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Ricco shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Tennessee. In total, SSA state-level files list Ricco in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ricco 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 1,469 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.
Ricco at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Ricco popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1924
- Peak year (1977)
- 62
- Annual births at peak — across 101 years of records
Currently ranks #7281 among boys.
1,469 total births across 101 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1977 with 62 births in a single year.
Ricco by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 353 births that decade — 24% of Ricco's all-time total
Ricco decade highlights
- Peak decade 353 births
- Runner-up 306 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Ricco's strongest decade
353 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Ricco by state
Where Ricco concentrates geographically — total births since 1924
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 38 | 2.6% |
| #2 | California | | 23 | 1.6% |
| #3 | Tennessee | | 13 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 10 | 0.7% |
| #5 | Louisiana | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #6 | North Carolina | | 6 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Florida | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.3% |
38 of 1,469 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 12 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.6% of nationwide
- California 1.6% of nationwide
- Tennessee 0.9% of nationwide
- Michigan 0.7% of nationwide
- Louisiana 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 12 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ricco appears in 12 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1924–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.