Rickie — #6870 US boys' name
16,369 babies named Rickie in U.S. Social Security records since 1932, with the highest year being 1954. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to boys today.
47% of everyone ever named Rickie was born in this single decade.
1,003 babies were named Rickie in 1954 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rickie
The Social Security Administration has registered 16,369 babies named Rickie between 1932 and 2024, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rickie currently holds the #6870 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1954, when 1,003 babies received it in a single year. Rickie is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 1,840 additional births since 1896.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rickie performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 7,649 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Rickie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 1,176 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Rickie in 44 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rickie 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 16,369 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.
Rickie at a glance
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Rickie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1932
- Peak year (1954)
- 1,003
- Annual births at peak — across 93 years of records
Currently ranks #6870 among boys.
16,369 total births across 93 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1954 with 1,003 births in a single year.
Rickie popularity over time — girls
1,840 total births recorded since 1896 (Rickie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Rickie accounts for 10% of total recorded use across both genders.
Rickie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 7,649 births that decade — 47% of Rickie's all-time total
Rickie decade highlights
- Peak decade 7,649 births
- Runner-up 3,292 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Rickie's strongest decade
7,649 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 47% of all-time use.
Rickie by state
Where Rickie concentrates geographically — total births since 1932
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,176 | 7.2% |
| #2 | California | | 985 | 6.0% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 971 | 5.9% |
| #4 | Indiana | | 811 | 5.0% |
| #5 | Kentucky | | 749 | 4.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 670 | 4.1% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 646 | 3.9% |
| #8 | Missouri | | 626 | 3.8% |
1,176 of 16,369 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 44 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 7.2% of nationwide
- California 6.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.9% of nationwide
- Indiana 5.0% of nationwide
- Kentucky 4.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 44 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Rickie appears in 44 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, 1932–2024 (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.