Ricki
Ricki was the 4853rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 1951, when it ranked 798th; the most babies were born in 1994 (197). Over the last ten years it has moved down 881 places. More babies were named Ricki in the 1950s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #4,853 girls, down 611 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 28girls
- Girls and boys
- 92% girls, 8% boys2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1994197 babies
- Total since 1880
- 6,745babies recorded
Ricki popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Rank (boys) | Babies (girls) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #4,853 | — | 28 | — |
| 2020 | #4,242 | — | 33 | — |
| 2010 | #5,562 | #10,519 | 25 | 7 |
| 2000 | #2,476 | #4,996 | 62 | 15 |
| 1990 | #2,196 | #4,359 | 59 | 13 |
| 1980 | #2,177 | #2,599 | 47 | 19 |
| 1970 | #1,897 | #1,785 | 46 | 25 |
| 1960 | #1,880 | #914 | 37 | 69 |
| 1950 | #1,097 | #1,161 | 71 | 39 |
| 1940 | #3,786 | — | 7 | — |
| 1930 | — | — | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — | — | — |
How popular is Ricki, counting every spelling?
Ricki is a spelling of Rikki, a name family that had 89 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 89 girls in 2025.
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Ricki?
28 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ricki (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Ricki born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 298 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ricki.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ricki?
About 4,000 people born in the US named Ricki are alive today, with a median age of 38; half are between 28 and 61. That makes Ricki mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Ricki by state
How common Ricki was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 50 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Ricki
How popular is the name Ricki?
Ricki was the 4853rd most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 28 babies. Its best year was 1951, when it ranked 798th; the most babies were born in 1994 (197). Over the last ten years it has moved down 881 places. More babies were named Ricki in the 1950s than in any other decade.
Is Ricki a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, 92% girls, 8% boys given the name Ricki in the US.
Where is Ricki most popular?
In 2021–2025, Ricki was most common in Texas (0.01 per 1,000 girls).