Baby name

Ricky

Boy

Origin of the name

Ricky is a pet form of Richard.

Short-lived name

The high point came in 1958, with 13,375 births and the No. 34 spot that year. Since then, the name has fallen 98%, to about 287 births a year. In 2025, it ranked No. 948. 35% of all babies named Ricky since 1880 were born in the 1950s.

223,145births since 1880

1950sgeneration

No. 34rank at its peak, in 1958

Where babies named Ricky are born

1958

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The darker the blue, the more common Ricky is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Ricky is most common in Arkansas (2.6 times), Kentucky (2.4) and Tennessee (2.3), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

One letter apart

Rick 81,829
Rickey 61,717
Rocky 28,687
Nicky 7,475
Micky 2,584
Ricki 2,303

Names from the same era

Dale · Steve · Ray · Darrell · Mike · Randall

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