Rikki
#3,100 for girls in 2025, 52 births · Last seen for boys in 2016 at #9,664
Given to girls 91.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1994 · 362 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,088since 1943
Rikki over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | #3,100 | 52 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,695 | 41 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,181 | 51 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,416 | 46 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,250 | 49 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,607 | 41 | — | |
| 2019 | #3,388 | 46 | — | |
| 2018 | #2,962 | 55 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,305 | 48 | — | |
| 2016 | #2,697 | 64 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #2,590 | 69 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,272 | 49 | — | |
| 2013 | #2,533 | 70 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #3,213 | 51 | #10,770 | 6 |
| 2011 | #3,132 | 53 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #3,010 | 56 | — | |
| 2009 | #3,088 | 55 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #3,267 | 51 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #3,214 | 53 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #3,734 | 41 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,436 | 72 | #10,151 | 6 |
| 2004 | #3,265 | 46 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #2,737 | 57 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #2,527 | 62 | #9,392 | 6 |
| 2001 | #2,151 | 76 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,998 | 83 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #1,560 | 108 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #1,373 | 125 | #9,631 | 5 |
| 1997 | #1,166 | 158 | #5,288 | 11 |
| 1996 | #957 | 201 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #754 | 270 | #4,052 | 15 |
| 1994 | #613 | 362 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #754 | 275 | #4,697 | 12 |
| 1992 | #794 | 254 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #866 | 231 | #2,406 | 29 |
| 1990 | #822 | 238 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #852 | 218 | #3,094 | 19 |
| 1988 | #767 | 244 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #779 | 227 | #2,400 | 23 |
| 1986 | #783 | 216 | #3,882 | 11 |
| 1985 | #795 | 209 | #3,070 | 15 |
| 1984 | #875 | 173 | #3,701 | 11 |
| 1983 | #804 | 193 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #829 | 189 | #2,709 | 17 |
| 1981 | #785 | 207 | #2,898 | 15 |
| 1980 | #913 | 165 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #974 | 147 | #2,777 | 16 |
| 1978 | #1,194 | 105 | #2,568 | 17 |
| 1977 | #1,016 | 132 | #2,270 | 20 |
| 1976 | #1,131 | 105 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #1,026 | 117 | #2,450 | 17 |
| 1974 | #1,226 | 89 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #1,773 | 49 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #1,832 | 46 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,594 | 59 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,952 | 43 | #4,230 | 6 |
| 1969 | #2,171 | 34 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,056 | 34 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,308 | 27 | #3,948 | 5 |
| 1965 | #2,110 | 31 | — | |
| 1964 | #3,244 | 16 | — | |
| 1963 | #3,635 | 13 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #3,033 | 17 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | #2,538 | 11 |
| 1960 | #3,512 | 13 | #3,337 | 7 |
| 1959 | #3,436 | 13 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #2,727 | 18 | #3,993 | 5 |
| 1956 | #3,321 | 13 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #2,122 | 25 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #2,431 | 19 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | #2,577 | 16 | #2,844 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,652 | 15 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,514 | 16 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,901 | 25 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,898 | 13 | #3,096 | 7 |
| 1946 | #3,430 | 9 | — | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | — | |
| 1944 | #3,687 | 7 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Rikki! It came in at #4,691, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1943–1945, when fewer than 8 girls a year got the name.
Where Rikki is popular in 1999
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Kentucky#492 · 1 in 3,346
- Ohio#689 · 1 in 5,594
- Missouri#762 · 1 in 5,852
- Washington#865 · 1 in 5,843
- Florida#1,168 · 1 in 9,339
Best ever in a state: #146 in Wyoming, 1984.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | #492 | 6 | 1 in 3,346 |
| Ohio | #689 | 11 | 1 in 5,594 |
| Missouri | #762 | 5 | 1 in 5,852 |
| Washington | #865 | 5 | 1 in 5,843 |
| Florida | #1,168 | 8 | 1 in 9,339 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,182 | 5 | 1 in 11,586 |
| Texas | #1,662 | 9 | 1 in 16,358 |
| California | #1,954 | 10 | 1 in 21,906 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rikki
- 595 spots since 2024 (#3,695 → #3,100)
- 507 spots since 2020 (#3,607 → #3,100)
- 510 spots since 2015 (#2,590 → #3,100)
- Biggest jump: 220 spots in 1979 (#1,194 → #974)
- Biggest drop: 209 spots in 1997 (#957 → #1,166)
- Debuted 1943
- Peaked 1994 at #613 (362 births)
- Births halved by 1997, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 18 yrs · run 1979–1996
- Highest: 1 in 4,933 girls born in 1994 were named Rikki (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 30,909 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 31.3% of all girls named Rikki (2,222) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1956, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 81 | #1,901 (1948) | #3,307 |
| 1950s | 180 | #1,978 (1952) | #2,675 |
| 1960s | 235 | #2,039 (1967) | #2,717 |
| 1970s | 892 | #974 (1979) | #1,372 |
| 1980s | 2,041 | #767 (1988) | #818 |
| 1990s | 2,222 | #613 (1994) | #966 |
| 2000s | 596 | #1,998 (2000) | #2,842 |
| 2010s | 561 | #2,533 (2013) | #3,010 |
| 2020s | 280 | #3,100 (2025) | #3,375 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rikki in 1999
Top girls' names in 1999
Top boys' names in 1999
More about 1999
girls
1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 16,424 of them was named Rikki, which outranked 90.8% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,548Patrice109
- #1,548Salina109
- #1,548Shanelle109
- #1,560Rikki108
- #1,560Cecily108
- #1,560Citlali108
- #1,560Destanie108
- #1,573Alexius107
- #1,573Ayleen107
- #1,573Dasha107
Tied with 12 names at #1,560; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 192,015 of them was named Rikki, which outranked 48.0% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #5,656Ziyon11
- #5,656Zoltan11
- #5,656Zyair11
- #6,042Rikki10
- #6,042Abdon10
- #6,042Abdulkareem10
- #6,042Abdurahman10
- #6,530Ab9
- #6,530Abdelaziz9
- #6,530Adarrius9
Tied with 487 names at #6,042; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.