Rickie
Rickie is given to both girls and boys: 14 girls and 13 boys were given it in 2025 (#7,820 among girls’ names and #6,724 among boys’, #8,595 among all names counting both); 18,237 Americans have been recorded with it since 1896 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 13,800 Americans named Rickie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (76% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 48 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Rickie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Rickie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Rickie is “a diminutive of the male given name Richard.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Rickie?
#6,724 among boys’ names, 2025
Rickie fell from #3,569 in 2015 to #6,724 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 16.2 to 7.6 per million.
1,055 babies in 1954, the peak
Rickie peaked in 1954, when 1,055 babies were given it (1,003 boys, #218 among boys’ names). The 27 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 3% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #7,820 | 13 | #6,724 |
| 2024 | 11 | #9,439 | 13 | #6,738 |
| 2023 | 10 | #10,177 | 19 | #5,200 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,541 | 20 | #4,978 |
| 2021 | 7 | #13,199 | 29 | #3,795 |
| 2020 | 7 | #13,183 | 20 | #4,823 |
| 2019 | 11 | #9,613 | 13 | #6,695 |
| 2018 | 7 | #13,517 | 24 | #4,315 |
| 2017 | 5 | #17,916 | 19 | #5,069 |
| 2016 | 17 | #7,162 | 14 | #6,275 |
Every recorded year (95)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 8 | #12,766 | 31 | #3,569 |
| 2014 | 6 | #16,120 | 24 | #4,232 |
| 2013 | 6 | #16,127 | 26 | #3,939 |
| 2012 | 10 | #11,085 | 34 | #3,283 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,600 | 41 | #2,891 |
| 2010 | under 5 | 35 | #3,225 | |
| 2009 | 8 | #13,425 | 29 | #3,701 |
| 2008 | 8 | #13,557 | 39 | #3,048 |
| 2007 | 12 | #10,017 | 35 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | under 5 | 33 | #3,291 | |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,752 | 37 | #2,883 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,514 | 37 | #2,829 |
| 2003 | 10 | #10,266 | 39 | #2,607 |
| 2002 | 7 | #13,318 | 50 | #2,142 |
| 2001 | 6 | #14,916 | 51 | #2,077 |
| 2000 | 20 | #5,644 | 46 | #2,184 |
| 1999 | 9 | #10,141 | 54 | #1,843 |
| 1998 | 17 | #6,004 | 49 | #1,981 |
| 1997 | 29 | #3,874 | 52 | #1,828 |
| 1996 | 17 | #5,710 | 58 | #1,664 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,468 | 74 | #1,372 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,978 | 69 | #1,413 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,214 | 89 | #1,190 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,485 | 97 | #1,114 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,440 | 82 | #1,226 |
| 1990 | 21 | #4,645 | 90 | #1,141 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,772 | 103 | #1,011 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,554 | 104 | #946 |
| 1987 | 18 | #4,614 | 109 | #902 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,155 | 102 | #909 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,241 | 120 | #816 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,127 | 105 | #862 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,312 | 126 | #779 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,504 | 141 | #739 |
| 1981 | 29 | #3,046 | 141 | #729 |
| 1980 | 28 | #3,115 | 144 | #732 |
| 1979 | 28 | #3,049 | 154 | #690 |
| 1978 | 18 | #4,034 | 133 | #731 |
| 1977 | 17 | #4,192 | 143 | #712 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,833 | 130 | #733 |
| 1975 | 18 | #3,733 | 160 | #647 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,260 | 137 | #703 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,777 | 182 | #590 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,505 | 149 | #659 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,469 | 168 | #636 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,916 | 147 | #683 |
| 1969 | 16 | #3,581 | 195 | #561 |
| 1968 | 11 | #4,430 | 223 | #506 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,298 | 207 | #521 |
| 1966 | 10 | #4,415 | 237 | #493 |
| 1965 | 18 | #3,020 | 282 | #465 |
| 1964 | 19 | #2,983 | 333 | #439 |
| 1963 | 14 | #3,594 | 414 | #391 |
| 1962 | 19 | #2,893 | 417 | #397 |
| 1961 | 28 | #2,289 | 459 | #371 |
| 1960 | 18 | #2,966 | 525 | #341 |
| 1959 | 25 | #2,325 | 741 | #288 |
| 1958 | 26 | #2,245 | 791 | #271 |
| 1957 | 24 | #2,338 | 834 | #262 |
| 1956 | 40 | #1,689 | 869 | #246 |
| 1955 | 47 | #1,493 | 875 | #237 |
| 1954 | 52 | #1,404 | 1,003 | #218 |
| 1953 | 61 | #1,244 | 905 | #222 |
| 1952 | 73 | #1,103 | 734 | #252 |
| 1951 | 66 | #1,156 | 530 | #302 |
| 1950 | 56 | #1,237 | 367 | #350 |
| 1949 | 63 | #1,150 | 316 | #377 |
| 1948 | 62 | #1,139 | 297 | #394 |
| 1947 | 70 | #1,065 | 258 | #425 |
| 1946 | 50 | #1,226 | 165 | #505 |
| 1945 | 36 | #1,347 | 71 | #731 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,513 | 59 | #823 |
| 1943 | 15 | #2,428 | 23 | #1,480 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,534 | 16 | #1,850 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,330 | 10 | #2,460 |
| 1940 | under 5 | 9 | #2,639 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 5 | #3,875 | |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,406 | 7 | #3,110 |
| 1937 | 5 | #4,795 | 7 | #3,121 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,682 | under 5 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 6 | #3,597 | |
| 1933 | 6 | #4,135 | 5 | #4,053 |
| 1932 | under 5 | 5 | #4,183 | |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,472 | under 5 | |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,397 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Rickie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 18,237 Americans recorded as Rickie, 10% are girls and 90% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Rickie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Rickie, and how old are they?
13,800 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 76% of the 18,237 Americans ever recorded as Rickie. The median Rickie alive today is 65 years old; half are between 48 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 11,983 people named Rickie (1,415 women and girls, 10,568 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 14,837 born in the U.S. The Census count is 19% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 139 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 7,900 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,700 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,860 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 818 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 382 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Rickie born?
The states with the most babies named Rickie are Texas, California and Ohio, with 25% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 1,247 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| California | 1,067 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 992 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Indiana | 811 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Kentucky | 754 | not ranked | 2.2× |
| North Carolina | 693 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Illinois | 683 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Missouri | 626 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Tennessee | 578 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Michigan | 507 | not ranked | 0.6× |
Where Rickie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Rickie is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 2.2 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rickie with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 7 names spelled alike, given to 307,984 babies since 1880, Rickie is the third most given (5.9% of them). In 2025 it was given to 27 of their 335 babies (8.1%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Rickie and names like it
- Compare Rickie and RickyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sRickie peaked in 1954.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rickie since 1910.
- The top names of 1954The year the most babies were named Rickie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rickie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.