Rikki
Rikki was the 3126th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 52 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 614th with 362 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 512 places. More babies were named Rikki in the 1990s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,126 girls, up 540 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 52girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1994362 babies
- Total since 1880
- 7,712babies recorded
Rikki popularity since 1880
A few boys are given the name too: 624 since 1947.
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,126 | 52 |
| 2020 | #3,666 | 41 |
| 2010 | #3,041 | 56 |
| 2000 | #2,010 | 83 |
| 1990 | #825 | 238 |
| 1980 | #915 | 165 |
| 1970 | #1,980 | 43 |
| 1960 | #3,647 | 13 |
| 1950 | #2,753 | 15 |
| 1940 | — | — |
| 1930 | — | — |
| 1920 | — | — |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Rikki, counting every spelling?
Rikki is the most common spelling of 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 Rikki?
52 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rikki (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Rikki 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 161 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rikki.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Rikki?
About 6,800 people born in the US named Rikki are alive today, with a median age of 36; half are between 29 and 44. That makes Rikki 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.
Rikki by state
How common Rikki was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New Jersey (7.3×), New York (4.5×). In 46 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
These names rose and fell in step with Rikki: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rikki, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Rikki
How popular is the name Rikki?
Rikki was the 3126th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 52 babies. Its best year was 1994, when it ranked 614th with 362 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved down 512 places. More babies were named Rikki in the 1990s than in any other decade.
Is Rikki a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Rikki in the US.
Where is Rikki most popular?
In 2021–2025, Rikki was most common in New Jersey (0.22 per 1,000 girls), followed by New York and Oklahoma.