# Rikki (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rikki/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 7,712 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 624 / 7,088 (92% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 227, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 3,167 |
| 2012 | 51 | 3,255 |
| 2013 | 70 | 2,560 |
| 2014 | 49 | 3,313 |
| 2015 | 69 | 2,614 |
| 2016 | 64 | 2,732 |
| 2017 | 48 | 3,339 |
| 2018 | 55 | 2,997 |
| 2019 | 46 | 3,439 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,666 |
| 2021 | 49 | 3,288 |
| 2022 | 46 | 3,462 |
| 2023 | 51 | 3,219 |
| 2024 | 41 | 3,743 |
| 2025 | 52 | 3,126 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 11 | 5,580 |
| 1998 | 5 | 10,959 |
| 1999 | 10 | 6,410 |
| 2000 | 8 | 8,048 |
| 2002 | 6 | 10,396 |
| 2003 | 6 | 10,587 |
| 2004 | 7 | 9,725 |
| 2005 | 6 | 11,169 |
| 2007 | 6 | 12,056 |
| 2008 | 6 | 12,255 |
| 2009 | 6 | 12,158 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,958 |
| 2012 | 6 | 11,954 |
| 2013 | 5 | 13,661 |
| 2016 | 7 | 10,507 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 4 | 3,262 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,540 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 8 | 2,627 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 4 | 4,736 |
| 2017 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 5 | 4,001 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,899 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2024 | 9 | 2,771 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 24 | 654 |
| 1997 | 17 | 874 |
| 1998 | 6 | 1,821 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,036 |
| 2001 | 7 | 1,746 |
| 2005 | 3 | 3,849 |
| 2006 | 6 | 2,538 |
| 2007 | 4 | 3,589 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2010 | 3 | 4,678 |
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |

## People named Rikki

- Rosearik Rikki Simons, American voice actor, writer, graphic novelist, and artist

## 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.