How popular is the name Rickey?

Rickey ranks 358th among boys' names in US records, with 80,962 births since 1924. Over the past decade it accounts for 880.

Is Rickey a unisex name?

No. Rickey is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1958, when 4,688 children were given the name. It has been in use for 101 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Rickie, Ricki, Rikki. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#358 of boy names

Pronounced R IH1 K IY0 (ARPABET)

Rickey is a boys' name, and first appears in 1924. It has been given to 80,962 children — the 358th most common boys' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 48% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1958, when 4,688 children were given it.

Three other spellings are counted in that total — Rickie, Ricki and Rikki — because they are pronounced identically.

19584,688

These spellings sound identical to Rickey and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Rickey?: Rickey ranks 358th among boys' names in US records, with 80,962 births since 1924. Over the past decade it accounts for 880.
Is Rickey a unisex name?: No. Rickey is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Rickey most popular?: 1958, when 4,688 children were given the name. It has been in use for 101 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Rickey spelled?: Rickie, Ricki, Rikki. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.