Ricky — #827 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ricky

The Social Security Administration has registered 222,882 babies named Ricky between 1925 and 2024, spanning 100 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ricky currently holds the #827 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 13,373 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ricky performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 79,169 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Ricky shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 21,610 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Ricky in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ricky 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 222,882 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.