Rico
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #7,134 · #1,793 for boys in 2025, 89 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1976 · 318 births
- Debut · boys
- 11 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 9,926since 1915
Rico over time
Rank among boys' names. Rico has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,793 | 89 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,685 | 99 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,623 | 107 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,642 | 105 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,442 | 125 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,437 | 120 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,327 | 137 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,348 | 133 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,236 | 148 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,433 | 121 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,396 | 123 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,218 | 150 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,340 | 127 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,490 | 108 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,219 | 143 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,292 | 133 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,360 | 126 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,182 | 150 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,188 | 148 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,172 | 144 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,307 | 116 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,067 | 150 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,262 | 114 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,168 | 121 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,283 | 103 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,116 | 126 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,055 | 130 | |
| 1998 | — | #953 | 146 | |
| 1997 | — | #941 | 143 | |
| 1996 | — | #945 | 137 | |
| 1995 | — | #862 | 157 | |
| 1994 | — | #798 | 177 | |
| 1993 | — | #674 | 232 | |
| 1992 | — | #675 | 236 | |
| 1991 | — | #566 | 319 | |
| 1990 | — | #584 | 295 | |
| 1989 | — | #583 | 280 | |
| 1988 | — | #647 | 214 | |
| 1987 | — | #687 | 175 | |
| 1986 | #7,134 | 9 | #661 | 184 |
| 1985 | — | #731 | 146 | |
| 1984 | — | #725 | 144 | |
| 1983 | — | #682 | 157 | |
| 1982 | — | #653 | 177 | |
| 1981 | — | #705 | 151 | |
| 1980 | — | #585 | 216 | |
| 1979 | — | #607 | 200 | |
| 1978 | — | #557 | 225 | |
| 1977 | — | #546 | 233 | |
| 1976 | #6,048 | 9 | #436 | 318 |
| 1975 | #5,516 | 10 | #540 | 222 |
| 1974 | — | #580 | 192 | |
| 1973 | — | #593 | 175 | |
| 1972 | #5,959 | 8 | #646 | 152 |
| 1971 | — | #604 | 190 | |
| 1970 | #5,413 | 9 | #695 | 142 |
| 1969 | — | #903 | 71 | |
| 1968 | — | #898 | 64 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,071 | 47 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,178 | 40 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,144 | 43 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,219 | 40 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,255 | 38 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,515 | 27 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,013 | 59 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,434 | 31 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,302 | 36 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,026 | 16 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,673 | 23 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,480 | 28 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #2,207 | 13 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | — | #2,153 | 13 | |
| 1951 | — | #2,135 | 13 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,022 | 14 | |
| 1948 | — | #3,316 | 6 | |
| 1947 | — | #3,370 | 6 | |
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,964 | 7 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,940 | 7 | |
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | — | ||
| 1935 | — | #2,951 | 7 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | — | #3,092 | 7 | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | — | ||
| 1926 | — | #3,139 | 8 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #4,347 | 5 | |
| 1923 | — | #4,239 | 5 | |
| 1922 | — | #4,307 | 5 | |
| 1921 | — | #3,869 | 6 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,967 | 9 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | #3,368 | 7 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,956 | 8 | |
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | — | — | ||
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Rico! It came in at #2,310, and was given to 11 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Rico
- 108 spots since 2024 (#1,685 → #1,793)
- 356 spots since 2020 (#1,437 → #1,793)
- 397 spots since 2015 (#1,396 → #1,793)
- Biggest jump: 208 spots in 1970 (#903 → #695)
- Biggest drop: 124 spots in 1994 (#674 → #798)
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 1976 at #436 (318 births)
- Births halved by 1981, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 31 yrs · run 1968–1998
- Highest: 1 in 4,934 boys born in 1976 were named Rico (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,192 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 20.6% of all boys named Rico (2,049) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 26 | #2,310 (1915) | #2,878 |
| 1920s | 53 | #2,843 (1928) | #3,659 |
| 1930s | 29 | #2,479 (1937) | #2,950 |
| 1940s | 50 | #2,022 (1949) | #3,072 |
| 1950s | 177 | #1,302 (1959) | #2,018 |
| 1960s | 460 | #898 (1968) | #1,163 |
| 1970s | 2,049 | #436 (1976) | #580 |
| 1980s | 1,844 | #583 (1989) | #666 |
| 1990s | 1,972 | #566 (1991) | #805 |
| 2000s | 1,298 | #1,067 (2004) | #1,211 |
| 2010s | 1,323 | #1,218 (2014) | #1,330 |
| 2020s | 645 | #1,437 (2020) | #1,604 |
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.
Rico in 1975
Top girls' names in 1975
Top boys' names in 1975
More about 1975
girls
1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 145,786 of them was named Rico, which outranked 48.1% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,161Yehudis11
- #5,161Zahra11
- #5,161Zora11
- #5,516Rico10
- #5,516Abbigail10
- #5,516Abeer10
- #5,516Adenike10
- #5,984Adalia9
- #5,984Adama9
- #5,984Addy9
Tied with 467 names at #5,516; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 7,033 of them was named Rico, which outranked 91.5% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.