The baby name Ricky appears in baby name data for the United States from 1940 to 2024. It was most popular in 1958 with 18,399 babies given the name.
In the later years of this period, Ricky has become less common than it once was.
| Year | Count |
|---|---|
| 1940 | 5 |
| 1941 | 15 |
| 1942 | 50 |
| 1943 | 167 |
| 1944 | 452 |
| 1945 | 622 |
| 1946 | 914 |
| 1947 | 1,660 |
| 1948 | 2,404 |
| 1949 | 10 |
| 1949 | 2,447 |
| 1950 | 6 |
| 1950 | 2,840 |
| 1951 | 3,917 |
| 1952 | 11 |
| 1952 | 5,718 |
| 1953 | 15 |
| 1953 | 9,720 |
| 1954 | 14 |
| 1954 | 10,314 |
| 1955 | 12,289 |
| 1956 | 17 |
| 1956 | 12,791 |
| 1957 | 24 |
| 1957 | 14,370 |
| 1958 | 10 |
| 1958 | 18,399 |
| 1959 | 50 |
| 1959 | 17,558 |
| 1960 | 15 |
| 1960 | 15,241 |
| 1961 | 27 |
| 1961 | 13,010 |
| 1962 | 6 |
| 1962 | 11,887 |
| 1963 | 6 |
| 1963 | 11,606 |
| 1964 | 5 |
| 1964 | 9,188 |
| 1965 | 7,907 |
| 1966 | 12 |
| 1966 | 6,495 |
| 1967 | 5,704 |
| 1968 | 5,516 |
| 1969 | 4,634 |
| 1970 | 3,887 |
| 1971 | 3,364 |
| 1972 | 2,734 |
| 1973 | 2,419 |
| 1974 | 2,489 |
| 1975 | 10 |
| 1975 | 2,274 |
| 1976 | 6 |
| 1976 | 2,558 |
| 1977 | 2,632 |
| 1978 | 2,546 |
| 1979 | 2,629 |
| 1980 | 2,964 |
| 1981 | 5 |
| 1981 | 2,551 |
| 1982 | 2,404 |
| 1983 | 2,419 |
| 1984 | 6 |
| 1984 | 2,213 |
| 1985 | 2,057 |
| 1986 | 2,501 |
| 1987 | 2,007 |
| 1988 | 1,997 |
| 1989 | 1,967 |
| 1990 | 1,821 |
| 1991 | 1,680 |
| 1992 | 1,865 |
| 1993 | 1,582 |
| 1994 | 6 |
| 1994 | 1,541 |
| 1995 | 1,281 |
| 1996 | 1,177 |
| 1997 | 1,122 |
| 1998 | 995 |
| 1999 | 1,176 |
| 2000 | 1,071 |
| 2001 | 875 |
| 2002 | 768 |
| 2003 | 764 |
| 2004 | 6 |
| 2004 | 854 |
| 2005 | 862 |
| 2006 | 803 |
| 2007 | 840 |
| 2008 | 882 |
| 2009 | 714 |
| 2010 | 602 |
| 2011 | 612 |
| 2012 | 660 |
| 2013 | 610 |
| 2014 | 533 |
| 2015 | 529 |
| 2016 | 500 |
| 2017 | 395 |
| 2018 | 359 |
| 2019 | 417 |
| 2020 | 315 |
| 2021 | 330 |
| 2022 | 244 |
| 2023 | 202 |
| 2024 | 242 |