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Meaning

The name Ricky has the following meaning:

A brave and dominant ruler.
It is a male name, suitable for baby boys.

Popularity

As a baby boy name, Ricky is currently a popular baby name, with a recent overall USA popularity ranking of 340 out of 1000 (source: 2000s U.S. Census).

In 2009, the name Ricky fell in popularity and moved down the USA Top 1000 charts in Year 2009, by 51 places. For the Year 2009, it ranked 417 in the Top 1000 charts.

The following chart shows the popularity of the name Ricky in the USA, over the past 100 years.
USA baby name statistics

Origins

The name Ricky is very likely a(n) English variant of the name Richard. See other suggested English boy baby names.

You might also like to see the other variants of the name Richard.

Related names

The following names are baby names related to Ricky and are suitable names for brothers and sisters of Ricky: Boys - Aldo, Alois, Baron, Eber, Gerald, Gottlieb, Harding, Herbert, Roger, Terrell, Girls - Allar, Ellar, Nordica, Odile, Ottilie, Ramona, Wanda, Zelma, Both genders - Hattie

Variants

The name Ricky is a variant of Richard. Other popular variants of the name Richard are: Arri (Estonian), Dic (Romanian), Dick (Nickname), Dickie, Dicky, Juki (Estonian), Raechard, Rashard, Reku (Finnish), Rhisiart (Welsh), Ricard, Ricardo (Portuguese), Riccardo, Ricciardo (Italian), Ricco (Italian), Rich (English), Richar, Richardo, Richards (Latvian), Richardsen, Richart (German), Richer, Richerd, Richerdson, Richey, Richi (Spanish), Richie (English), Richird, Richman, Richshard, Richud, Richy, Rickard (Swedish), Ricke, Rickee, Rickert (Swedish), Rickey (English), Ricki (English), Rickie (English), Ricky (English), Rico (Italian), Riczi (Hungarian), Rihardos (Greek), Rihards (Latvian), Rikard (Norwegian), Riki (Estonian), Riks (Estonian), Riocard, Riqui (Spanish), Risa (Czech), Rish, Rishard, Rishe, Rishee, Rishey, Rishi, Rishie, Rishy, Rishye, Rishyee, Risteard (Irish), Ritch, Ritchard, Ritcherd, Ritchie, Ritchy, Ritchyrd, Ritshard, Ritsherd, Rostya (Russian), Ruiseart (Scottish), Rye (Polish), Ryk, Rysh, Ryshe, Ryshee, Ryshey, Ryshi, Ryshie, Rysio (Polish), Ryszard (Polish), Slava (Russian), Slavik (Russian), Slavka (Russian)

Style

We think the name Ricky should fall under the following style category: Classics.

See other Classics boy names

Impression

Based on our research, most people would imagine a person with the name Ricky to be: Handsome, strong athlete

In one word, you might describe Ricky as a(n) "athletic" person.

See other "athletic" names for boys.

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Famous persons

See the meaning of Richard for names of some famous persons with the name Ricky or Richard (or their variants).
Ryan (14)
Robert (34)
Richard (81)
Riley (108)
Raymond (184)
Roman (259)
Russell (347)
Rylan (369)
Rodney (396)
Roger (403)
Riocard
Reshaud
Royall
Ruffis
Rossi
Ralf
Ramario
Rainhold
Rish
Richerdson
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