Ricke — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ricke

The Social Security Administration has registered 192 babies named Ricke between 1945 and 1988, spanning 44 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ricke currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1953, when 24 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ricke performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 126 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ricke shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ricke in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ricke 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 192 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.