Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ricardo

#240 most common boys' name of all time · #518 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1888–2025

Rank among boys
#240
Rank overall
#518 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
147,169
Since 2016
10,017
Peak year
1998 #126
Best rank
#115 1992
Girls Boys peak 3,055/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ricardo first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 833 833 #380
2024 — 871 871 #373
2023 — 876 876 #371
2022 — 920 920 #357
2021 — 946 946 #345
2020 — 963 963 #339
2019 — 1,018 1,018 #329
2018 — 1,125 1,125 #305
2017 — 1,168 1,168 #303
2016 — 1,297 1,297 #281
2015 — 1,340 1,340 #277
2014 — 1,462 1,462 #256
2013 — 1,430 1,430 #253
2012 — 1,567 1,567 #227
2011 — 1,635 1,635 #216
2010 — 1,886 1,886 #195
2009 — 2,303 2,303 #170
2008 — 2,757 2,757 #149
2007 — 2,779 2,779 #146
2006 — 2,702 2,702 #152
2005 6 2,626 2,632 #157
2004 8 2,781 2,789 #144
2003 8 2,762 2,770 #148
2002 9 2,709 2,718 #143
2001 6 2,853 2,859 #138
2000 5 2,918 2,923 #134
1999 13 2,987 3,000 #126
1998 11 3,044 3,055 #126
1997 6 2,926 2,932 #130
1996 14 2,883 2,897 #128
1995 9 2,871 2,880 #126
1994 19 2,974 2,993 #119
1993 19 2,947 2,966 #120
1992 18 3,024 3,042 #115
1991 12 2,853 2,865 #117
1990 14 2,802 2,816 #120
1989 17 2,735 2,752 #119
1988 22 2,502 2,524 #121
1987 18 2,124 2,142 #131
1986 27 2,222 2,249 #124
1985 18 2,139 2,157 #131
1984 15 2,209 2,224 #122
1983 18 2,179 2,197 #121
1982 20 2,291 2,311 #121
1981 17 2,364 2,381 #117
1980 16 2,324 2,340 #117
1979 22 2,076 2,098 #130
1978 22 1,880 1,902 #140
1977 22 1,724 1,746 #147
1976 11 1,784 1,795 #141
1975 16 1,726 1,742 #143
1974 18 1,812 1,830 #140
1973 17 1,631 1,648 #151
1972 9 1,701 1,710 #153
1971 17 1,670 1,687 #165
1970 15 1,653 1,668 #172
1969 15 1,573 1,588 #177
1968 9 1,350 1,359 #187
1967 11 1,290 1,301 #188
1966 10 1,201 1,211 #199
1965 12 1,279 1,291 #198
1964 10 1,317 1,327 #210
1963 6 1,327 1,333 #211
1962 11 1,256 1,267 #219
1961 11 1,245 1,256 #222
1960 9 1,311 1,320 #215
1959 8 1,346 1,354 #210
1958 5 1,295 1,300 #208
1957 8 1,182 1,190 #220
1956 7 1,101 1,108 #221
1955 10 1,104 1,114 #216
1954 10 1,092 1,102 #211
1953 5 1,051 1,056 #209
1952 — 863 863 #227
1951 6 670 676 #257
1950 — 614 614 #264
1949 — 492 492 #307
1948 5 448 453 #317
1947 — 379 379 #349
1946 — 349 349 #350
1945 5 282 287 #354
1944 — 253 253 #378
1943 — 211 211 #429
1942 6 205 211 #429
1941 — 218 218 #391
1940 — 207 207 #399
1939 — 179 179 #425
1938 — 186 186 #418
1937 — 196 196 #399
1936 — 158 158 #449
1935 — 162 162 #448
1934 — 189 189 #401
1933 — 168 168 #424
1932 — 159 159 #447
1931 — 176 176 #430
1930 — 216 216 #391
1929 — 204 204 #412
1928 — 167 167 #474
1927 — 152 152 #494
1926 — 99 99 #635
1925 — 138 138 #524
1924 — 114 114 #599
1923 — 81 81 #728
1922 — 85 85 #713
1921 — 54 54 #957
1920 — 74 74 #772
1919 — 61 61 #849
1918 — 52 52 #929
1917 — 46 46 #956
1916 — 40 40 #1,021
1915 — 37 37 #1,065
1914 — 26 26 #1,141
1913 — 17 17 #1,288
1912 — 25 25 #912
1911 — 17 17 #820
1910 — 9 9 #1,171
1909 — 14 14 #795
1908 — 9 9 #1,002
1907 — 10 10 #923
1904 — 8 8 #949
1903 — 8 8 #900
1902 — 7 7 #997
1901 — 5 5 #1,175
1891 — 7 7 #838
1888 — 6 6 #1,030