Rickey
Rickey is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 46 births. Its best rank was 106th, in 1958.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 460.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19583,782 births
- Best rank
- #106in 1958
- Since 1924
- 61,666people given the name
The story in the numbers
61,666 boys have been named Rickey in the United States since 1924, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 3,782 births — 0.18% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 46 births in 2024, against 3,782 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1959, and the 1950s alone account for 45%. It has spent 61 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rickey | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 24 | |
| 1930s | 133 | |
| 1940s | 4,099 | |
| 1950s | 27,956 | |
| 1960s | 13,939 | |
| 1970s | 5,227 | |
| 1980s | 4,916 | |
| 1990s | 2,666 | |
| 2000s | 1,514 | |
| 2010s | 921 | |
| 2020s | 271 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Rickey was the 106th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1958 were Michael, David, James, Robert and John. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Rickey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rickiepeak 1954
- Rickpeak 1958
- Randypeak 1956
- Randalpeak 1958
- Rickypeak 1958
- Kempeak 1956
- Rockiepeak 1958
- Riccipeak 1954
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.