girls:
854 births since 1945
#4862 (15th percentile)
boys:
879 births since 1944
#3708 (19th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1944
#6018 (22nd percentile)
The name Ricci is the #6,018 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,733 recorded births since 1944. This represents the 22.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 22.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,708 (19.1% percentile) for all time with 879 births since 1944. For girls, it ranks #4,862 (14.9% percentile) for all time with 854 births since 1945.
Ricci first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1944 (1944 for boys and 1945 for girls). Birth data for Ricci is available in 68 out of the 79 years between 1944 and 2022 (61 years for girls and 53 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ricci is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2022, 100.0% of babies named Ricci were girls.
For boys, Ricci reached its peak popularity in 1954, achieving the 14.5% percentile (ranked #527) with 45 births per million. The name was most common in 1954, with 45 births per million (ranked 14.5% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2019.
For girls, Ricci reached its peak popularity in 1980, achieving the 5.5% percentile (ranked #742) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 1980, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.5% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ricci".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ricci. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 65.9% confident that Ricci is pronounced as REE-chee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RIH-chee, at 34.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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