# Ricardo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ricardo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Portuguese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɹɪˈkɑɹdoʊ/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 147,169 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 146,456 / 713 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,189, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Portuguese and Spanish Ricardo. Doublet of Richard.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 12 | 7,300 |
| 1992 | 18 | 5,423 |
| 1993 | 19 | 5,145 |
| 1994 | 19 | 5,188 |
| 1995 | 9 | 9,374 |
| 1996 | 14 | 6,659 |
| 1997 | 6 | 13,359 |
| 1998 | 11 | 8,454 |
| 1999 | 13 | 7,618 |
| 2000 | 5 | 17,015 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14,921 |
| 2002 | 9 | 10,902 |
| 2003 | 8 | 12,153 |
| 2004 | 8 | 12,499 |
| 2005 | 6 | 16,022 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,635 | 216 |
| 2012 | 1,567 | 227 |
| 2013 | 1,430 | 253 |
| 2014 | 1,462 | 256 |
| 2015 | 1,340 | 277 |
| 2016 | 1,297 | 281 |
| 2017 | 1,168 | 302 |
| 2018 | 1,125 | 306 |
| 2019 | 1,018 | 329 |
| 2020 | 963 | 339 |
| 2021 | 946 | 345 |
| 2022 | 920 | 357 |
| 2023 | 876 | 372 |
| 2024 | 871 | 373 |
| 2025 | 833 | 380 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 852 |
| 2012 | 44 | 748 |
| 2013 | 45 | 720 |
| 2014 | 47 | 695 |
| 2015 | 38 | 821 |
| 2016 | 31 | 946 |
| 2017 | 35 | 888 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2019 | 31 | 929 |
| 2020 | 33 | 878 |
| 2021 | 32 | 939 |
| 2022 | 23 | 1,179 |
| 2023 | 24 | 1,175 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 20 | 1,359 |

## People named Ricardo

- Ricardo Lagos, Chilean politician, president of Chile from 2000 to 2006
- Ricardo Martinelli, 36th president of Panama from 2009 to 2014
- Ricardo Alexandre dos Santos, Brazilian association football player
- Ricardo Bochini, Argentine footballer
- Ricardo Zonta, Brazilian racing driver
- Ricardo Bofill, Catalan architect (1939-2022)
- Ricardo Oliveira, Brazilian football player
- Ricardo Ezzati Andrello, archbishop and cardinal
- Ricardo Giusti, Argentine footballer
- Ricardo Darín, Argentine actor
- Ricardo La Volpe, Argentine association football player and manager
- Ricardo Pepi, American soccer player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.