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How popular is the name Ricardo?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ricardos are alive today.
Ricardo (male) is a rare boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 1359th in 2025 and given to 20 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 1999, when 65 babies were given the name, the 356th most popular that year. It has declined since 1999; the 2025 figure is roughly 31% of its peak. Ricardo is one spelling of a name also recorded as Riccardo; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ricardo you are most likely to meet is around 28 years old. Half of all Ricardos born in England and Wales are between 11 and 29, and there are at least 2,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Ricardo - on average, only one in every 152 such rooms contains a Ricardo.
How many babies are named Ricardo each year?
Includes all spellings: Ricardo, Riccardo. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ricardo spelling rank?
Where does the Riccardo spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ricardo most popular?
Ricardo peaked in 1999, when 80 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Ricardo?
At least 2,000 people named Ricardo in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ricardo?
Most living Ricardos are between 11 and 29; the most common age is about 28.
Is Ricardo becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1999 peak.