Rico Boy
How popular is Rico?
#1,793 boy name in 2025
89 baby boys were named Rico in the US in 2025, making it the 1793rd most popular boy name.
Rico popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,793 for boys (▼ 108 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 89 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-28% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,396 in 2015, #1,437 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1991 (319 boys) |
| Highest rank | #436 in 1976 |
| First recorded | 1915 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rico counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Rico family of names ranked #1,470 for boys in 2025 (#1,341 the year before), with 97 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Rico | 89 | 92% |
| Ricco | 8 | 8% |
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 Rico is most popular
Babies named Rico per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (93 boys)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (70 boys)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (37 boys)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
Rico by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 26 | #2,309 |
| 1920s | 53 | #2,842 |
| 1930s | 29 | #2,479 |
| 1940s | 50 | #2,021 |
| 1950s | 177 | #1,301 |
| 1960s | 460 | #898 |
| 1970s | 2,049 | #436 |
| 1980s | 1,844 | #582 |
| 1990s | 1,972 | #566 |
| 2000s | 1,298 | #1,066 |
| 2010s | 1,323 | #1,218 |
| 2020s | 645 | #1,437 |
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Questions
- Is Rico a boy or girl name?
- Rico is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rico were boys.
- How popular is the name Rico?
- 89 baby boys were named Rico in the US in 2025, making it the 1793rd most popular boy name.
- When was Rico most popular?
- Rico peaked in 1991, when 319 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #436 in 1976.
- How many people are named Rico?
- 9,971 babies have been named Rico in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,338 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 35.
- Where is Rico most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rico was most common in Arizona, at 0.1 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.