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How popular is the name Rico?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ricos are alive today.
Rico (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 563rd in 2025 with 69 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2024, when 84 babies were given the name, the 475th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2013, with 79 babies given the name that year. It has risen strongly over the past decade. Rico is one spelling of a name also recorded as Riko; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Rico you are most likely to meet is around 9 years old. Half of all Ricos born in England and Wales are between 7 and 20, and there are at least 1,600 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 Rico - on average, only one in every 190 such rooms contains a Rico.
How many babies are named Rico each year?
Includes all spellings: Rico, Riko. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Rico spelling rank?
Where does the Riko 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 Rico most popular?
Rico peaked in 2024, when 88 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Rico?
At least 1,600 people named Rico in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Rico?
Most living Ricos are between 7 and 20; the most common age is about 9.
Is Rico becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.