How popular is the name Rico?

Rico ranks 1,087th among boys' names in US records, with 9,892 births since 1915. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,217.

Is Rico a unisex name?

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

1991, when 319 children were given the name. It has been in use for 110 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Ricoh. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,087 of boy names

Pronounced R IY1 K OW0 (ARPABET)

Rico is a boys' name, and first appears in 1915. It has been given to 9,892 children — the 1,087th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1991, when 319 children were given it.

Ricoh is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

1991Boys: 319Girls: 0

These spellings sound identical to Rico 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 Rico?: Rico ranks 1,087th among boys' names in US records, with 9,892 births since 1915. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,217.
Is Rico a unisex name?: No. Rico is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Rico most popular?: 1991, when 319 children were given the name. It has been in use for 110 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Rico spelled?: Ricoh. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.