Recorded 1925–2025 · United States
Ricky was most popular in 1958, when 13,424 American babies were given the name — ranking #63 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,852, with 263 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 225,089 people named Ricky.
Ricky first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1925, which makes it about 100 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 101 of the 101 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 225,089 American births named Ricky between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 182,638 are estimated to be alive today.
263 American babies were named Ricky in 2025, ranking #1,852 that year.
Ricky is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 296 births a year, against 553 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -47% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Ricky is a boy’s name — 0.9% of the 225,089 Americans given it were girls and 99.1% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 3% girls and 97% 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.
Roughly 182,638 Americans named Ricky are alive today — 81% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 62 years old, and half are between 46 and 68.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Germanic · diminutive of Richard
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org