Boys' name · peaked in 1958
Rickey name popularity since 1925
62,386 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Rickey (1.1% girls, 98.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1959 or earlier, so the typical Rickey is about 67 years old in 2026. Rickey peaked in 1958 as the #106 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 62,386
- Named Rickey, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #2,827 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 98.9% boys
- 674 girls · 61,712 boys
- Most popular in
- Arkansas
- 4.90× its national share
Peak year is the year Rickey made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Rickey births per year, 1925–2025
1958 was the biggest year for Rickey both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1943 and 1948, Rickey became 8× more common, from 1 in 13,700 baby boys to 1 in 1,720.
- Steepest fall: Between 1959 and 1964, its share of baby boys fell by 58%, from 1 in 617 to 1 in 1,470.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Rickey's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Rickey.
Decade by decade
Babies named Rickey in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 5 | 19 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 133 | #2,503 |
| 1940s | 158 | 4,099 | #372 |
| 1950s | 223 | 27,956 | #114 |
| 1960s | 155 | 13,942 | #215 |
| 1970s | 74 | 5,227 | #329 |
| 1980s | 53 | 4,917 | #370 |
| 1990s | 6 | 2,666 | #660 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,514 | #1,109 |
| 2010s | 0 | 922 | #1,736 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 317 | #2,827 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
66.6% of babies named Rickey from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Rickey is most popular
The index compares Rickey's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Rickey.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 4.90× | 2,984 |
| Alabama | 3.69× | 3,862 |
| Mississippi | 2.96× | 2,125 |
| Tennessee | 2.94× | 3,664 |
| Louisiana | 2.80× | 2,982 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Rickey and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Rickey (this page) | 61,712 | 1958 |
| Ricky | 223,145 | 1958 |
| Rickie | 16,383 | 1954 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Rickey's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Rickey.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Rickey (1958).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data