# Ricki (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ricki/  
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 and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,745 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 2,303 / 4,442 (66% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 103, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Richard. As a female name also from Erica.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 5,175 |
| 2012 | 24 | 5,683 |
| 2013 | 28 | 5,001 |
| 2014 | 26 | 5,284 |
| 2015 | 38 | 3,972 |
| 2016 | 25 | 5,421 |
| 2017 | 33 | 4,358 |
| 2018 | 33 | 4,332 |
| 2019 | 35 | 4,140 |
| 2020 | 33 | 4,242 |
| 2021 | 28 | 4,814 |
| 2022 | 25 | 5,275 |
| 2023 | 21 | 5,911 |
| 2024 | 27 | 5,000 |
| 2025 | 28 | 4,853 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 15 | 4,996 |
| 2001 | 12 | 5,940 |
| 2002 | 14 | 5,338 |
| 2003 | 7 | 9,398 |
| 2005 | 7 | 9,910 |
| 2006 | 7 | 10,425 |
| 2007 | 11 | 7,483 |
| 2008 | 8 | 9,671 |
| 2009 | 8 | 9,685 |
| 2010 | 7 | 10,519 |
| 2011 | 10 | 7,953 |
| 2014 | 5 | 13,630 |
| 2019 | 6 | 11,844 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,676 |
| 2022 | 6 | 12,021 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 15 | 1,222 |
| 1997 | 16 | 1,176 |
| 1998 | 9 | 1,823 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 16 | 898 |
| 1997 | 12 | 1,113 |
| 1998 | 10 | 1,263 |
| 1999 | 4 | 2,425 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2001 | 3 | 3,134 |
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2003 | 4 | 2,857 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |

## People named Ricki

- Ricki Lake, American television host and actress (born 1968)
- Kevin Larsen, Danish basketball player (born 1993)

## 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.