Rickey Boy
How popular is Rickey?
#2,797 boy name in 2025
45 baby boys were named Rickey in the US in 2025, making it the 2797th most popular boy name.
Rickey popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #2,797 for boys (▼ 47 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 45 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-49% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,729 in 2015, #2,113 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1958 (3,782 boys) |
| Highest rank | #106 in 1958 |
| First recorded | 1924 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rickey counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ricky family of names ranked #760 for boys in 2025 (#692 the year before), with 306 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rickey is most popular
Babies named Rickey per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (38 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (23 boys)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Rickey by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 24 | #3,355 |
| 1930s | 133 | #1,417 |
| 1940s | 4,099 | #191 |
| 1950s | 27,956 | #106 |
| 1960s | 13,942 | #138 |
| 1970s | 5,227 | #322 |
| 1980s | 4,917 | #329 |
| 1990s | 2,666 | #501 |
| 2000s | 1,514 | #888 |
| 2010s | 922 | #1,399 |
| 2020s | 317 | #2,095 |
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Questions
- Is Rickey a boy or girl name?
- Rickey is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rickey were boys.
- How popular is the name Rickey?
- 45 baby boys were named Rickey in the US in 2025, making it the 2797th most popular boy name.
- When was Rickey most popular?
- Rickey peaked in 1958, when 3,782 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #106 in 1958.
- How many people are named Rickey?
- 62,391 babies have been named Rickey in the US since 1880. We estimate about 48,537 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 65.
- Where is Rickey most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rickey was most common in Texas, at 0.0 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.