# Rico (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rico/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,971 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 9,926 / 45 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,516, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 9 | 5,716 |
| 1972 | 8 | 6,412 |
| 1975 | 10 | 5,867 |
| 1976 | 9 | 6,458 |
| 1986 | 9 | 7,588 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 143 | 1,227 |
| 2012 | 108 | 1,496 |
| 2013 | 127 | 1,342 |
| 2014 | 150 | 1,224 |
| 2015 | 123 | 1,403 |
| 2016 | 121 | 1,441 |
| 2017 | 148 | 1,243 |
| 2018 | 133 | 1,350 |
| 2019 | 137 | 1,333 |
| 2020 | 120 | 1,448 |
| 2021 | 125 | 1,448 |
| 2022 | 105 | 1,648 |
| 2023 | 107 | 1,630 |
| 2024 | 99 | 1,695 |
| 2025 | 89 | 1,805 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 66 | 528 |
| 2012 | 67 | 542 |
| 2013 | 79 | 486 |
| 2014 | 67 | 544 |
| 2015 | 68 | 557 |
| 2016 | 78 | 515 |
| 2017 | 79 | 501 |
| 2018 | 78 | 502 |
| 2019 | 69 | 549 |
| 2020 | 45 | 723 |
| 2021 | 46 | 738 |
| 2022 | 52 | 665 |
| 2023 | 52 | 672 |
| 2024 | 84 | 475 |
| 2025 | 69 | 563 |

## People named Rico

- Rico Lewis, English footballer (born 2004)
- Rico Rodriguez, American actor
- Rico Henry, English association football player (born 1997)
- Rico Verhoeven, Dutch kickboxer
- Rico Freimuth, German decathlete
- Rico Freiermuth, bobsledder
- Rico Constantino, American professional wrestler and manager
- Rico Gulda, Austrian pianist
- Rico Fata, Canadian ice hockey player
- Rico Strieder, German association football player
- Rico Ramos, American boxer
- Rico Benatelli, German footballer

## 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.