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.

Ricki**

#2,047 most common girls' name of all time · #3,500 across all names · 34% male / 66% female · used 1938–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#2,047
Rank overall
#3,500 of 105,966
First appeared
1938
Years on the list
88 of 146
All-time
6,745
Since 2016
305
Peak year
1953 #1,014
Best rank
#798 1951
Girls Boys peak 238/yr
19401960198020002020

Ricki first appears in 1938. 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 28 28 #4,788
2024 27 27 #4,918
2023 21 21 #5,796
2022 25 6 31 #5,199
2021 28 5 33 #4,741
2020 33 33 #4,185
2019 35 6 41 #4,095
2018 33 33 #4,267
2017 33 33 #4,319
2016 25 25 #5,312
2015 38 38 #3,936
2014 26 5 31 #5,195
2013 28 28 #4,922
2012 24 24 #5,586
2011 27 10 37 #5,095
2010 25 7 32 #5,451
2009 22 8 30 #6,125
2008 29 8 37 #5,038
2007 29 11 40 #4,976
2006 28 7 35 #4,979
2005 36 7 43 #3,956
2004 38 38 #3,763
2003 42 7 49 #3,424
2002 48 14 62 #3,026
2001 68 12 80 #2,336
2000 62 15 77 #2,461
1999 105 18 123 #1,601
1998 92 21 113 #1,727
1997 130 18 148 #1,330
1996 143 14 157 #1,231
1995 196 30 226 #966
1994 197 22 219 #945
1993 63 21 84 #2,137
1992 46 21 67 #2,660
1991 46 15 61 #2,629
1990 59 13 72 #2,189
1989 50 21 71 #2,347
1988 44 27 71 #2,467
1987 49 19 68 #2,208
1986 53 22 75 #2,039
1985 49 13 62 #2,155
1984 57 18 75 #1,875
1983 47 11 58 #2,117
1982 61 12 73 #1,796
1981 64 15 79 #1,759
1980 47 19 66 #2,171
1979 52 22 74 #1,986
1978 42 22 64 #2,208
1977 40 23 63 #2,283
1976 37 16 53 #2,275
1975 56 23 79 #1,705
1974 52 21 73 #1,750
1973 42 19 61 #1,967
1972 39 14 53 #2,044
1971 53 17 70 #1,720
1970 46 25 71 #1,894
1969 43 21 64 #1,915
1968 46 31 77 #1,741
1967 43 27 70 #1,765
1966 34 30 64 #2,008
1965 33 34 67 #2,051
1964 43 37 80 #1,798
1963 44 39 83 #1,749
1962 36 48 84 #1,936
1961 38 61 99 #1,885
1960 37 69 106 #1,881
1959 51 80 131 #1,530
1958 39 101 140 #1,756
1957 49 122 171 #1,547
1956 59 118 177 #1,364
1955 56 121 177 #1,353
1954 72 140 212 #1,185
1953 91 147 238 #1,014
1952 108 92 200 #892
1951 125 80 205 #798
1950 71 39 110 #1,098
1949 75 34 109 #1,037
1948 69 42 111 #1,068
1947 86 31 117 #964
1946 45 24 69 #1,304
1945 42 16 58 #1,247
1944 33 8 41 #1,432
1943 22 6 28 #1,898
1942 8 5 13 #3,707
1941 9 9 #3,235
1940 7 7 #3,840
1939 8 8 #3,423
1938 5 5 #4,980