Recorded 1943–2025 · United States
Rikki was most popular in 1994, when 377 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,110 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,471, with 52 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 7,712 people named Rikki.
Rikki first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1943, which makes it about 82 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 83 of the 83 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 7,712 American births named Rikki 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 7,411 are estimated to be alive today.
52 American babies were named Rikki in 2025, ranking #5,471 that year.
Rikki is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 48 births a year, against 62 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -23% 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 Rikki is mostly a girl’s name — 91.9% of the 7,712 Americans given it were girls and 8.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 1958 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 99% girls and 1% 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 7,411 Americans named Rikki are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 36 years old, and half are between 29 and 44.
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.
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