Rickie

#7,491 for girls in 2025, 14 births · #6,446 for boys in 2025, 13 births
Given to boys 89.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1954 · 1,003 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
16,383
since 1932

Rickie over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #1,059, 1947peak #218, 1954girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#7,49114#6,44613
2024#8,94611#6,46913
2023#9,61610#5,07519
2022#9,05611#4,85020
2021#12,2067#3,74029
2020#12,1427#4,69820
2019#9,11211#6,40613
2018#12,4647#4,22624
2017#15,9025#4,93519
2016#6,90117#6,05314
2015#11,8358#3,51331
2014#14,5586#4,13824
2013#14,5826#3,86426
2012#10,42910#3,23134
2011#9,15012#2,85241
2010#3,18135
2009#12,4298#3,63929
2008#12,5798#3,00539
2007#9,53912#3,18835
2006#3,22733
2005#8,33013#2,84637
2004#9,89210#2,78837
2003#9,67110#2,57939
2002#12,1877#2,12550
2001#13,5216#2,05051
2000#5,49120#2,17546
1999#9,4799#1,82454
1998#5,79917#1,95749
1997#3,81529#1,81452
1996#5,53117#1,65558
1995#4,34823#1,36974
1994#3,89227#1,40969
1993#4,10025#1,18589
1992#4,38223#1,11697
1991#7,98710#1,22782
1990#4,52321#1,13590
1989#5,54515#1,009103
1988#3,48327#943104
1987#4,47418#896109
1986#4,02820#901102
1985#4,12619#810120
1984#3,99019#859105
1983#3,24225#777126
1982#3,41824#732141
1981#2,98629#728141
1980#3,06928#729144
1979#2,99728#688154
1978#3,92418#729133
1977#4,06917#710143
1976#4,61413#732130
1975#3,63718#645160
1974#5,01111#700137
1973#4,58612#587182
1972#3,40418#656149
1971#3,37319#635168
1970#2,85624#678147
1969#3,46116#559195
1968#4,22211#506223
1967#3,21116#520207
1966#4,19810#492237
1965#2,93818#464282
1964#2,91519#438333
1963#3,45814#391414
1962#2,81419#397417
1961#2,25028#371459
1960#2,90418#341525
1959#2,28925#288741
1958#2,20926#271791
1957#2,27624#262834
1956#1,68140#246869
1955#1,48047#237875
1954#1,39252#2181,003
1953#1,24161#222905
1952#1,10073#252734
1951#1,15166#302530
1950#1,23456#351367
1949#1,14463#377316
1948#1,13562#393297
1947#1,05970#424258
1946#1,22050#504165
1945#1,33236#72871
1944#1,48630#81459
1943#2,35215#1,46123
1942#4,1246#1,79916
1941#3,9546#2,33310
1940#2,4789
1939#3,4805
1938#3,1818#2,8687
1937#4,2555#2,9057
1936
1935#3,4317
1934#3,2776
1933#3,7536#3,6425
1932#3,7765
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First appearance
1932

The first year at least five boys were named Rickie! It came in at #3,776, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1935–1936, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rickie
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 23 spots since 2024 (#6,469#6,446)
  • 1,748 spots since 2020 (#4,698#6,446)
  • 2,933 spots since 2015 (#3,513#6,446)
  • Biggest jump: 647 spots in 1944 (#1,461#814)
  • Biggest drop: 119 spots in 1970 (#559#678)
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1932
  • Peaked 1954 at #218 (1,003 births)
  • Births halved by 1961, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 45 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 45 yrs · run 1944–1988
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,033
  • Highest: 1 in 2,033 boys born in 1954 were named Rickie (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 131,390 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 46.7% of all boys named Rickie (7,649) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
  • Mostly boys until 2024, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s35#2,868 (1938)#3,325
1940s1,224#377 (1949)#1,131
1950s7,649#218 (1954)#265
1960s3,292#341 (1960)#448
1970s1,503#587 (1973)#676
1980s1,195#728 (1981)#838
1990s714#1,116 (1992)#1,469
2000s396#2,050 (2001)#2,762
2010s261#2,852 (2011)#4,240
2020s114#3,740 (2021)#5,213

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Rickie in 1953

girls
#1,241
61 births · 1 in 30,841 girls
boys
#222
905 births · 1 in 2,179 boys

Top girls' names in 1953

  1. #1Mary64,389
  2. #2Linda61,281
  3. #3Deborah52,199
  4. #4Patricia51,019
  5. #5Susan44,297
  6. #6Barbara38,473
  7. #7Debra36,856
  8. #8Nancy30,620
  9. #9Karen29,858
  10. #10Pamela25,760
  11. #1,241Rickie61

Top boys' names in 1953

  1. #1Robert86,243
  2. #2James86,066
  3. #3Michael84,198
  4. #4John80,165
  5. #5David76,119
  6. #6William61,829
  7. #7Richard58,389
  8. #8Thomas47,008
  9. #9Charles38,421
  10. #10Gary36,967
  11. #222Rickie905
More about 1953

girls

1,881,301 girls got a published name in 1953; 1 in 30,841 of them was named Rickie, which outranked 80.9% of the 6,497 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rickie
  1. #1,225Ronald62
  2. #1,225Steven62
  3. #1,225Viki62
  4. #1,241Rickie61
  5. #1,241Deedee61
  6. #1,241Hallie61
  7. #1,241Joseph61
  8. #1,248Amalia60
  9. #1,248Ardith60
  10. #1,248Beatriz60

Tied with 6 names at #1,241; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. 2,253Enola#3,201#948
  2. 885Lu#1,368#483
  3. 749Joni#1,046#297
  4. 553Brooke#1,351#798
  5. 531Lorri#1,430#899
Fallers
  1. 274Roseanna#808#1,082
  2. 253Georgie#946#1,199
  3. 218Pandora#783#1,001
  4. 204Fonda#822#1,026
  5. 195Brinda#935#1,130

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 2,179 of them was named Rickie, which outranked 94.9% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rickie
  1. #219Hugh959
  2. #220Byron926
  3. #221Ross921
  4. #222Rickie905
  5. #223Aaron901
  6. #224Benny897
  7. #224Edgar897
Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. 1,276Faron#2,251#975
  2. 694Shane#1,213#519
  3. 528Enrico#1,517#989
  4. 441Blaise#1,430#989
  5. 429Robbin#1,268#839
Fallers
  1. 427Durwood#981#1,408
  2. 392Jonnie#939#1,331
  3. 312Elvis#968#1,280
  4. 293Edsel#968#1,261
  5. 292Beverly#766#1,058

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1953