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How popular is the name Ricky?
Births per year, rank history and how many Rickies are alive today.
Ricky (male), once a common boys' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 11 in 2025, ranked 2133rd. This spelling of the name peaked in 1984, when around 920 babies were given the name, the 75th most popular that year. It has declined since 1984; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 13,000 babies have been named Ricky, counting all spellings, in England and Wales since the 1970s. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Ricky is one spelling of a name also recorded as Ricki and Rikki; the combined figures below cover every spelling. Ricky is also a common short form of Richard, so many people called Ricky are registered under the longer name.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ricky you are most likely to meet is around 42 years old. Half of all Rickies born in England and Wales are between 34 and 43, and there are at least 13,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 4.2% chance that at least one of them will be called Ricky.
How many babies are named Ricky each year?
Includes all spellings: Ricky, Ricki, Rikki. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ricky spelling rank?
Where does the Ricki spelling rank?
Where does the Rikki 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 Ricky most popular?
Ricky peaked in 1984, when around 920 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Ricky?
At least 13,000 people named Ricky in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ricky?
Most living Rickies are between 34 and 43; the most common age is about 42.
Is Ricky becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 1984 peak.