Is Ricci a boy or girl name?

Ricci is a unisex name. Of the 1,733 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 49.3% were girls and 50.7% were boys. It changed hands in 1977, and has gone mainly to girls since.

Name Legacy

Ricci

Recorded 1944–2022 · United States

Ricci was most popular in 1954, when 99 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,651 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,733 people named Ricci.

Ricci over time

Births per year. The dot marks Ricci’s peak in 1954. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Ricci a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Ricci is a unisex name — 49.3% of the 1,733 Americans given it were girls and 50.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 1977 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 75% girls and 25% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Ricci

Where Ricci is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

California 6.3×

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org