Rico — #1696 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rico

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,835 babies named Rico between 1915 and 2024, spanning 110 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rico currently holds the #1696 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 319 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rico performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 2,049 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rico shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,067 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Rico in 33 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rico 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 9,835 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.