Rico
Rico is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 98 births. Its best rank was 437th, in 1976.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 980.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1991319 births
- Best rank
- #437in 1976
- Since 1915
- 9,835people given the name
The story in the numbers
9,835 boys have been named Rico in the United States since 1915, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 319 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1990, and the 1970s alone account for 21%. It has spent 31 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rico | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 26 | |
| 1920s | 53 | |
| 1930s | 29 | |
| 1940s | 50 | |
| 1950s | 177 | |
| 1960s | 460 | |
| 1970s | 2,049 | |
| 1980s | 1,844 | |
| 1990s | 1,972 | |
| 2000s | 1,298 | |
| 2010s | 1,322 | |
| 2020s | 555 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Rico was the 566th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1991 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Andrew. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Rico
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Riccopeak 1977
- Dimitriospeak 1976
- Hakimpeak 1976
- Laronpeak 1990
- Khristopherpeak 1991
- Vasiliospeak 1975
- Demetriuspeak 1991
- Dedrickpeak 1977
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.