Ricky

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)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ricky".

1925 2023 19252023

Key Statistics

Total Births
1,919
Peak Births
82
Peak Year
1959
First Recorded
1927
Peak Percentile
10.1%
Current Percentile
0.2%
Peak Rank
#569
Current Rank
#945
Female statistics
Total Births
222,572
Peak Births
13,379
Peak Year
1958
First Recorded
1925
Peak Percentile
95.0%
Current Percentile
28.7%
Peak Rank
#34
Current Rank
#650
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Ricky

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ricky. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 87.5% confident that Ricky is pronounced as RIH-kee. The next most likely pronunciation is RIH-KEE, at 12.5% confidence.

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RIH-KEE (2 syllables)
Verified
12.5% confidence
R IH1 K IY1

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Ricky. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Ricky, please vote using the thumbs up button.

rih-KEE (2 syllables)
1 name 62.3k births
R IH0 K IY1

Names with this pronunciation:

REE-kee (2 syllables)
9 names 9.4k births
R IY1 K IY0

About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like R IH1 K IY0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.