Ricky

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Primarily a boy's name · 97% boys

Origin: Dutch

Meaning

Ricky is a primarily male given name in English and Spanish-speaking countries, often a diminutive form of Richard, Frederick, Derrick, Roderick, Enrique, Patrick, Ricardo, Erica or Eric.

From Wikipedia

Ricky first appears in the data in 1958 and has been recorded in 57 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1986 with 150 babies (rank #128 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ricky

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ricky yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,213
Total babies (all years)
57
Years in the data
150
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
19581#971
19591#907
19601#1,025
19614#753
19624#759
19639#575
196416#462
196521#419
196624#390
196711#561
19689#623
19698#676
197015#530
19718#698
197222#415
197326#379
197423#409
197533#328
197628#365
197724#389
197852#251
197933#337
198047#282
198140#314
198243#301
198349#274
198460#246
198556#255
1986150#128
1987134#142
1988119#155
1989122#154
1990128#153
1991109#177
199294#198
199374#244
199477#237
199563#270
199652#318
199745#354
199830#453
199941#385
200036#405
200137#408
200227#470
200320#555
200421#534
200517#593
200616#605
20079#776
200811#718
20097#863
201010#728
201110#721
20125#952
20135#957
20146#861