Ricci
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- REE-chee
- Origin
- Italian
Ricci is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “curly”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ricci mean?
Italian: Italian surname from riccio 'curly'
“curly”
Matteo Ricci was the 16th-century Italian Jesuit who introduced Western science and mathematics to Ming China.
Is Ricci a girl's or a boy's name?
Ricci is a girls' name.
How popular is Ricci in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1980, with 48 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the girls named Ricci in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1953, 27% of the babies named Ricci in the US were girls. By 1992 it was 77%, with more girls than boys since 1977.
Ricci in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 5 | #15,300 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #16,756 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 16 | #5,864 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 23 | #4,343 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 24 | #4,229 |
| 1991 | 12 | #6,969 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 21 | #4,352 |
| 1988 | 23 | #3,888 |
| 1987 | 26 | #3,421 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 20 | #3,873 |
| 1983 | 23 | #3,430 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 30 | #2,928 |
| 1980 | 48 | #2,128 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 14 | #4,361 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 16 | #3,862 |
| 1973 | 18 | #3,480 |
| 1972 | 18 | #3,404 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,507 |
| 1970 | 30 | #2,450 |
| 1969 | 17 | #3,317 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,007 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 9 | #4,545 |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,695 |
| 1959 | 6 | #5,565 |
| 1958 | 6 | #5,407 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 7 | #4,739 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 8 | #4,122 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 7 | #3,674 |
Names like Ricci
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ricci: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ricci, updated 20 October 2026.