Ricky

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ricky: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ricky: Recorded since 1959, its highest recorded position is #68, and it stood at #1,951 in 2024.

5registrars recorded it
89times a registrar ranked it
66years from first to last
#68highest recorded position
22groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#146
1997	#195
1998	#222
1999	#275
2000	#294
2001	#365
2002	#449
2003	#519
2004	#510
2005	#525
2006	#515
2007	#584
2008	#557
2009	#581
2010	#1109
2011	#798
2012	#765
2013	#1116
2014	#1061
2015	#807
2016	#1123
2017	#1124
2018	#1235
2019	#1113
2020	#1379
2021	#1448
2022	#1609
2023	#1610
2024	#1951

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 33 of the 48 years from 1976 to 2023.

In 2023: #660 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1610 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1959–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1959
First recorded at #92 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1959 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Highest recorded1959–1986
Highest recorded position: #68 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 1961 (recorded 1959–1986).
New South Wales, Australia · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1951 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ricky appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, with 33 ranked years and 187 births registered; the earliest is New South Wales, Australia · Boys, from 1959.

Ricky across 4 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ricky's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#316 (1976)	#184 (1989)	#660 (2023)	33 of 48	187 (1976–2023)	12 (1997)
New Zealand · Boys	#95 (1962)	#69 (1985)	#98 (1992)	13 of 31	806 (1962–1992)	71 (1985)
England and Wales · Boys	#146 (1996)	#146 (1996)	#1951 (2024)	29 of 29	1,593 (1996–2024)	242 (1996)
New South Wales, Australia · Boys	#92 (1959)	#68 (1961)	#89 (1986)	13 of 28	1,069 (1959–1986)	118 (1961)

Ricky by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ricky in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	3	1 of 10	3
1980s	32	5 of 10	6
1990sbusiest	72	10 of 10	7
2000s	44	9 of 10	5
2010s	27	6 of 10	5
2020s	9	2 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 7 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Ricky appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1959 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #68 in New South Wales, Australia in 1961.

Ricky's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1951	12	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1609	15	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1448	17	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1379	18	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1113	24	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1235	21	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1124	25	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1123	25	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#807	39	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1116	23	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#765	42	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#798	38	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1109	24	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#581	56	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#557	59	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#584	51	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#515	59	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#525	51	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#510	51	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#519	45	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#449	49	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#365	66	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#294	93	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#275	101	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#222	138	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#195	168	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#146	242	High	Verified
1986	New South Wales, Australia	male	#89	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
1970	New South Wales, Australia	male	#90	80	Insufficient	Not yet available
1969	New South Wales, Australia	male	#83	83	Insufficient	Not yet available
1968	New South Wales, Australia	male	#94	70	Insufficient	Not yet available
1967	New South Wales, Australia	male	#95	64	Insufficient	Not yet available
1966	New South Wales, Australia	male	#100	57	Insufficient	Not yet available
1965	New South Wales, Australia	male	#98	60	Insufficient	Not yet available
1964	New South Wales, Australia	male	#80	74	Insufficient	Not yet available
1963	New South Wales, Australia	male	#74	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
1962	New South Wales, Australia	male	#78	94	Insufficient	Not yet available
1961	New South Wales, Australia	male	#68	118	Insufficient	Not yet available
1960	New South Wales, Australia	male	#71	117	Insufficient	Not yet available
1959	New South Wales, Australia	male	#92	71	Insufficient	Not yet available
1992	New Zealand	male	#98	54	High	Verified
1991	New Zealand	male	#87	66	High	Verified
1990	New Zealand	male	#95	55	High	Verified
1989	New Zealand	male	#86	65	High	Verified
1988	New Zealand	male	#86	63	High	Verified
1987	New Zealand	male	#73	68	High	Verified
1986	New Zealand	male	#81	62	High	Verified
1985	New Zealand	male	#69	71	High	Verified
1984	New Zealand	male	#75	68	High	Verified
1983	New Zealand	male	#87	59	High	Verified
1982	New Zealand	male	#96	50	High	Verified
1963	New Zealand	male	#97	62	High	Verified
1962	New Zealand	male	#95	63	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#357	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#552	5	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#615	4	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#623	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#473	5	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#351	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#500	3	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#348	5	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#379	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	7	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#209	12	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#223	10	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#261	6	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#299	4	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	5	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	8	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#216	8	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#184	11	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#215	7	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#303	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#218	7	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1959 and 2024, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #68, first reached in 1961.

It held a top-100 place in 23 years, 12 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 242 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1962, and 48 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Richmond · #1991, 22y
Rick · #629, 15y
Rico · #475, 29y
Rida · #764, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Nadine · #68, 57y
Jemma · #73, 52y
Wesley · #62, 56y
Lindsay · #58, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1950 and 1959.

Carmen · #69, 70y
Jocelyn · #69, 48y
Larry · #69, 38y
Philippa · #69, 62y

Ricky was ranked #68 in New South Wales, Australia · Boys in 1961. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ricky and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ricky without appearing here.

Ricky moved ahead of

Craig Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1124 and #1124 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #1235 and #1786.
Ross Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1609 and #1366 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1610 and #2160.
Emil Compare
In 2020 they stood at #506 and #466 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #552 and #755.
Gregory Compare
In 2020 they stood at #506 and #506 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2021 that had become #552 and #755.

Moved ahead of Ricky

Murray Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #2007 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1951 and #1282.
Leif Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1448 and #1782 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1609 and #967.
Denis Compare
In 2009 they stood at #581 and #596 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1109 and #470.
Eoin Compare
In 2009 they stood at #581 and #682 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1109 and #513.

Moved the opposite way to Ricky

Aaron Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ricky went from #316 to #660 while Aaron went from #131 to #51.
Adam Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ricky went from #316 to #660 while Adam went from #164 to #23.
Alex Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ricky went from #316 to #660 while Alex went from #241 to #27.
Alexander Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ricky went from #316 to #660 while Alexander went from #146 to #48.

Moved the same way as Ricky

Adrian Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ricky went from #316 to #660 and Adrian from #46 to #268.
Alfred Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ricky went from #316 to #660 and Alfred from #316 to #472.
Daithi Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ricky went from #316 to #660 and Daithi from #288 to #472.
Denis Compare
Between 1976 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Ricky went from #316 to #660 and Denis from #50 to #224.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 5 regions, from 1959 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #68 in New South Wales, Australia in 1961. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ricky

Ricky at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ricky across 4 official records

Ricky by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ricky appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Ricky

Ricky and the names beside it

Ricky moved ahead of

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Ricky at a glance

Ricky across 4 official records

Ricky by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ricky appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1950s

Names published alongside Ricky

Ricky and the names beside it

Ricky moved ahead of

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