Rickey — #2789 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rickey

The Social Security Administration has registered 61,666 babies named Rickey between 1924 and 2024, spanning 101 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rickey currently holds the #2789 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 3,782 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rickey performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 27,956 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Rickey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7,060 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Rickey in 48 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rickey 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 61,666 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.