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.

Rickey

#442 most common boys' name of all time · #966 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1924–2025

Rank among boys
#442
Rank overall
#966 of 105,966
First appeared
1924
Years on the list
100 of 146
All-time
62,391
Since 2016
613
Peak year
1958 #106
Best rank
#106 1958
Girls Boys peak 3,818/yr
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Rickey first appears in 1924. 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 45 45 #2,808
2024 47 47 #2,761
2023 43 43 #2,911
2022 47 47 #2,760
2021 69 69 #2,101
2020 66 66 #2,123
2019 66 66 #2,157
2018 66 66 #2,128
2017 86 86 #1,782
2016 78 78 #1,896
2015 89 89 #1,733
2014 107 107 #1,507
2013 105 105 #1,531
2012 97 97 #1,607
2011 109 109 #1,488
2010 119 119 #1,401
2009 123 123 #1,384
2008 130 130 #1,331
2007 148 148 #1,192
2006 165 165 #1,077
2005 149 149 #1,106
2004 143 143 #1,107
2003 141 141 #1,093
2002 172 172 #934
2001 167 167 #933
2000 176 176 #892
1999 188 188 #813
1998 160 160 #903
1997 224 224 #707
1996 211 211 #728
1995 251 251 #660
1994 252 252 #658
1993 311 311 #586
1992 324 324 #565
1991 363 363 #531
1990 6 382 388 #504
1989 424 424 #456
1988 429 429 #437
1987 6 406 412 #442
1986 8 434 442 #410
1985 6 500 506 #370
1984 7 510 517 #358
1983 6 502 508 #355
1982 6 556 562 #339
1981 6 580 586 #330
1980 8 576 584 #329
1979 7 526 533 #343
1978 9 500 509 #344
1977 9 553 562 #330
1976 8 551 559 #322
1975 9 534 543 #329
1974 8 477 485 #354
1973 5 496 501 #342
1972 5 504 509 #342
1971 6 525 531 #349
1970 8 561 569 #340
1969 10 594 604 #314
1968 9 768 777 #260
1967 9 766 775 #264
1966 10 945 955 #227
1965 17 1,118 1,135 #215
1964 18 1,356 1,374 #205
1963 14 1,680 1,694 #175
1962 22 1,887 1,909 #169
1961 27 2,255 2,282 #153
1960 19 2,573 2,592 #138
1959 25 3,458 3,483 #117
1958 36 3,782 3,818 #106
1957 15 3,522 3,537 #108
1956 21 3,263 3,284 #112
1955 20 3,065 3,085 #114
1954 33 3,130 3,163 #113
1953 17 2,840 2,857 #113
1952 21 2,052 2,073 #140
1951 16 1,543 1,559 #166
1950 19 1,301 1,320 #173
1949 19 1,087 1,106 #191
1948 29 1,020 1,049 #197
1947 34 809 843 #226
1946 16 483 499 #294
1945 24 262 286 #372
1944 18 207 225 #424
1943 7 104 111 #622
1942 11 66 77 #794
1941 41 41 #1,018
1940 20 20 #1,571
1939 15 15 #1,877
1938 19 19 #1,612
1937 12 12 #2,194
1936 22 22 #1,462
1935 10 10 #2,526
1934 16 16 #1,856
1933 19 19 #1,642
1932 5 5 #4,225
1931 6 6 #3,721
1930 9 9 #3,018
1929 6 6 #3,922
1928 5 7 12 #3,673
1925 6 6 #4,156
1924 5 5 #4,948