Ricky
#172 most common boys' name of all time · #358 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1925–2025
Rank among boys
#172
Rank overall
#358 of 105,966
First appeared
1925
Years on the list
101 of 146
All-time
225,089
Since 2016
3,479
Peak year
1958 #34
Best rank
#34 1958
Girls
Boys
peak 13,424/yr
Ricky first appears in 1925. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | 248 | 263 | #948 |
| 2024 | 10 | 302 | 312 | #827 |
| 2023 | 7 | 270 | 277 | #873 |
| 2022 | 12 | 292 | 304 | #835 |
| 2021 | — | 323 | 323 | #773 |
| 2020 | 11 | 366 | 377 | #697 |
| 2019 | 9 | 402 | 411 | #658 |
| 2018 | 10 | 368 | 378 | #679 |
| 2017 | 12 | 366 | 378 | #683 |
| 2016 | 8 | 448 | 456 | #602 |
| 2015 | 8 | 478 | 486 | #582 |
| 2014 | — | 540 | 540 | #518 |
| 2013 | — | 552 | 552 | #495 |
| 2012 | — | 592 | 592 | #459 |
| 2011 | 6 | 590 | 596 | #455 |
| 2010 | 7 | 595 | 602 | #450 |
| 2009 | 10 | 700 | 710 | #416 |
| 2008 | 7 | 851 | 858 | #365 |
| 2007 | 9 | 823 | 832 | #373 |
| 2006 | 7 | 760 | 767 | #396 |
| 2005 | — | 769 | 769 | #376 |
| 2004 | 18 | 786 | 804 | #358 |
| 2003 | — | 799 | 799 | #349 |
| 2002 | 9 | 802 | 811 | #342 |
| 2001 | 7 | 858 | 865 | #326 |
| 2000 | 11 | 1,025 | 1,036 | #294 |
| 1999 | 11 | 1,098 | 1,109 | #271 |
| 1998 | 12 | 970 | 982 | #292 |
| 1997 | 5 | 1,076 | 1,081 | #264 |
| 1996 | 16 | 1,197 | 1,213 | #248 |
| 1995 | 16 | 1,227 | 1,243 | #237 |
| 1994 | 18 | 1,412 | 1,430 | #205 |
| 1993 | 10 | 1,442 | 1,452 | #208 |
| 1992 | 12 | 1,620 | 1,632 | #191 |
| 1991 | 14 | 1,617 | 1,631 | #193 |
| 1990 | 14 | 1,759 | 1,773 | #176 |
| 1989 | 20 | 1,897 | 1,917 | #159 |
| 1988 | 22 | 1,882 | 1,904 | #148 |
| 1987 | 21 | 1,854 | 1,875 | #148 |
| 1986 | 18 | 1,958 | 1,976 | #144 |
| 1985 | 27 | 1,932 | 1,959 | #145 |
| 1984 | 24 | 1,981 | 2,005 | #138 |
| 1983 | 31 | 2,081 | 2,112 | #128 |
| 1982 | 27 | 2,119 | 2,146 | #129 |
| 1981 | 25 | 2,221 | 2,246 | #122 |
| 1980 | 25 | 2,232 | 2,257 | #122 |
| 1979 | 20 | 2,225 | 2,245 | #124 |
| 1978 | 19 | 2,017 | 2,036 | #130 |
| 1977 | 14 | 1,959 | 1,973 | #136 |
| 1976 | 25 | 1,993 | 2,018 | #132 |
| 1975 | 31 | 1,918 | 1,949 | #135 |
| 1974 | 38 | 2,033 | 2,071 | #129 |
| 1973 | 23 | 1,939 | 1,962 | #133 |
| 1972 | 22 | 2,236 | 2,258 | #127 |
| 1971 | 16 | 2,659 | 2,675 | #121 |
| 1970 | 30 | 3,092 | 3,122 | #105 |
| 1969 | 30 | 3,415 | 3,445 | #90 |
| 1968 | 27 | 4,036 | 4,063 | #70 |
| 1967 | 42 | 4,019 | 4,061 | #75 |
| 1966 | 37 | 4,680 | 4,717 | #64 |
| 1965 | 28 | 5,659 | 5,687 | #57 |
| 1964 | 49 | 6,758 | 6,807 | #54 |
| 1963 | 60 | 8,114 | 8,174 | #47 |
| 1962 | 58 | 8,694 | 8,752 | #50 |
| 1961 | 59 | 10,027 | 10,086 | #44 |
| 1960 | 66 | 11,000 | 11,066 | #38 |
| 1959 | 82 | 13,226 | 13,308 | #34 |
| 1958 | 49 | 13,375 | 13,424 | #34 |
| 1957 | 53 | 10,574 | 10,627 | #40 |
| 1956 | 50 | 8,780 | 8,830 | #43 |
| 1955 | 34 | 8,329 | 8,363 | #46 |
| 1954 | 58 | 8,164 | 8,222 | #46 |
| 1953 | 51 | 6,887 | 6,938 | #51 |
| 1952 | 35 | 4,655 | 4,690 | #81 |
| 1951 | 30 | 3,073 | 3,103 | #102 |
| 1950 | 32 | 2,107 | 2,139 | #128 |
| 1949 | 32 | 1,791 | 1,823 | #148 |
| 1948 | 30 | 1,600 | 1,630 | #155 |
| 1947 | 45 | 1,301 | 1,346 | #173 |
| 1946 | 24 | 761 | 785 | #220 |
| 1945 | 21 | 523 | 544 | #252 |
| 1944 | 12 | 393 | 405 | #302 |
| 1943 | 6 | 182 | 188 | #465 |
| 1942 | 7 | 110 | 117 | #602 |
| 1941 | 5 | 87 | 92 | #659 |
| 1940 | — | 48 | 48 | #928 |
| 1939 | — | 29 | 29 | #1,237 |
| 1938 | 5 | 30 | 35 | #1,220 |
| 1937 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,626 |
| 1936 | 5 | 28 | 33 | #1,270 |
| 1935 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,655 |
| 1934 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,607 |
| 1933 | 7 | 11 | 18 | #2,366 |
| 1932 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,085 |
| 1931 | 6 | 10 | 16 | #2,648 |
| 1930 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,605 |
| 1929 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,240 |
| 1928 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #2,840 |
| 1927 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #4,172 |
| 1926 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,186 |