girls:
1.9k births since 1927
#3886 (32nd percentile)
boys:
222.6k births since 1925
#170 (96th percentile)
overall:
224.5k births since 1925
#355 (95th percentile)
The name Ricky is the #355 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 224,491 recorded births since 1925. This represents the 95.4% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 95.4% of all names). For boys, it ranks #170 (96.3% percentile) for all time with 222,572 births since 1925. For girls, it ranks #3,886 (32.0% percentile) for all time with 1,919 births since 1927.
Ricky first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1925 (1925 for boys and 1927 for girls).
The name Ricky has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.1% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Ricky reached its peak popularity in 1958, achieving the 95.0% percentile (ranked #34) with 6,209 births per million. The name was most common in 1958, with 6,209 births per million (ranked 95.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 1980, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ricky ranks #650 for boys (28.7% percentile) with 147 births per million, which is 2.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ricky reached its peak popularity in 1959, achieving the 10.1% percentile (ranked #690) with 39 births per million. The name was most common in 1959, with 39 births per million (ranked 10.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ricky ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 10.1% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ricky".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ricky. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 87.5% confident that Ricky is pronounced as RIH-kee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RIH-KEE, at 12.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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