Rikki

Used for both boys and girlsStatistical record

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

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

Rikki: Recorded since 1991, its highest recorded position is #324, and it stood at #2,771 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
32times a registrar ranked it
34years from first to last
#324highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1112
1997	#1045
1998	#1122
1999	#3225
2000	#1688
2001	#3262
2002	#2540
2006	#5061
2007	#2627
2010	#4688
2014	#3514
2015	#4736
2017	#4763
2018	#5666
2019	#4001
2020	#3899
2021	#5581
2022	#5669
2024	#2771

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 · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 19 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1991–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1112 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2771 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rikki appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 19 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 135 births with the name.

Rikki across 2 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.

Rikki'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
England and Wales · Girls	#1112 (1996)	#1045 (1997)	#2771 (2024)	19 of 29	135 (1996–2024)	19 (1997)
England and Wales · Boys	#654 (1996)	#654 (1996)	#4747 (2015)	12 of 20	85 (1996–2015)	24 (1996)

Rikki by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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 Rikki in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	58	4 of 10	15
2000sbusiest	31	5 of 10	6
2010s	26	6 of 10	4
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 6 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rikki 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 2 regions, from 1991 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #324 in Republic of Ireland in 1991.

Rikki'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	female	#2771	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#3899	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4001	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#4763	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#4736	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#4747	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#4678	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#5061	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2538	6	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3849	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#3262	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1122	18	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1821	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1045	19	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#874	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1112	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#654	24	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1991 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #324, first reached in 1991.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 24 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

1 registrar publishes it in more than one category list, holding a place in each for at least five years — an observation about those lists rather than about the name.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 5 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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
7 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,771position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
5 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 3 to 5 years →
1registrars publishing it in more than one category listIn one registrar's lists →
24births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

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.

Rikard · #262, 43y
Rikke · #57, 69y
Rilee · #1981, 12y
Riley · #6, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Aarron · #323, 19y
Lelia · #325, 19y
Rosario · #325, 21y
Dustin · #322, 18y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Chi · #324, 29y
Dante · #324, 30y
Finnan · #324, 23y
Issac · #324, 30y

Rikki was ranked #324 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1991. 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.

Rikki 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 Rikki without appearing here.

Rikki moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #5669 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5581 and #5581 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #5891.
Brittany Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5669 and #3533 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2771 and #4843.

Moved ahead of Rikki

Frida Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2540 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #5061 and #1862.
Rodney Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2775 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #4678 and #1911.
Hans Compare
In 2004 they stood at #1746 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #3849 and #1377.
Karin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3899 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3192.

Moved the opposite way to Rikki

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rikki went from #1112 to #2771 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rikki went from #1112 to #2771 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rikki went from #1112 to #2771 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rikki went from #1112 to #2771 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Rikki

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rikki went from #1112 to #2771 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rikki went from #1112 to #2771 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rikki went from #1112 to #2771 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Rikki went from #1112 to #2771 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 2 regions, from 1991 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #324 in Republic of Ireland in 1991. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rikki

Rikki at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rikki across 2 official records

Rikki by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rikki appears in

Popularity data

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Rikki at a glance

Rikki across 2 official records

Rikki by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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