Ricky

Where Ricky comes from

From Rick + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ricky
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1925
    First appearance
    #3,741 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1958
    Peak, #34
    13,375 babies named Ricky — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1965
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #57.
  4. 1988
    Ricky Álvarez born
    Argentine association football player
  5. 1989
    Ricky van Wolfswinkel born
    Dutch association football player
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Richard.
Namesakes
  • Ricky Álvarez · Argentine association football player, born 1988
  • Ricky van Wolfswinkel · Dutch association football player, born 1989
  • Ricky Schroder · American actor, born 1970
  • Ricky Ponting · Australian cricketer, born 1974
  • Ricky Walden · English snooker player, born 1982

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.