Mostly boys · peaked in 1954
Rickie name popularity since 1925
18,230 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Rickie (10.1% girls, 89.9% boys). Half of them were born in 1959 or earlier, so the typical Rickie is about 67 years old in 2026. Rickie peaked in 1954 as the #218 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 18,230
- Named Rickie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #6,728 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 89.9% boys
- 1,847 girls · 16,383 boys
- Most popular in
- Kentucky
- 3.31× its national share
Peak year is the year Rickie 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.
Rickie births per year, 1925–2025
1954 was the biggest year for Rickie both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 1946 and 1951, Rickie became 2.8× more common, from 1 in 9,840 baby boys to 1 in 3,550.
- Steepest fall: Between 1959 and 1964, its share of baby boys fell by 52%, from 1 in 2,880 to 1 in 5,980.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Rickie's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Rickie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Rickie 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 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 26 | 35 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 338 | 1,224 | #731 |
| 1950s | 470 | 7,649 | #237 |
| 1960s | 169 | 3,292 | #465 |
| 1970s | 178 | 1,503 | #647 |
| 1980s | 224 | 1,195 | #816 |
| 1990s | 201 | 714 | #1,377 |
| 2000s | 94 | 396 | #2,887 |
| 2010s | 82 | 261 | #3,570 |
| 2020–25 | 60 | 114 | #6,728 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
63.9% of babies named Rickie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Rickie is most popular
The index compares Rickie'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 Rickie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 3.31× | 754 |
| Indiana | 2.52× | 811 |
| Missouri | 2.11× | 626 |
| Tennessee | 2.01× | 578 |
| Louisiana | 1.84× | 451 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Rickie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Rickie (this page) | 16,383 | 1954 |
| Ricky | 223,145 | 1958 |
| Rickey | 61,712 | 1958 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Rickie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Rickie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Rickie (1954).
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