Ricco
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- REE-ko
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Ricco is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler, powerful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Ricco mean?
Germanic: Italian short form of Riccardo or Enrico
“ruler, powerful”
Short for Italian names such as Riccardo and Enrico; the Italian word ricco, meaning rich, comes from the same Germanic root.
Is Ricco a girl's or a boy's name?
Ricco is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ricco in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Ricco, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2015, with 19 boys.
2025 had more boys named Ricco than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Ricco in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,795th in England and Wales.
Ricco in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 11 | #2,143 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 8 | #2,633 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,174 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,416 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,207 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 8 | #2,595 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 12 | #1,887 |
| 2009 | 11 | #1,959 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,139 |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 10 | #1,688 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #3,021 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Ricco in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Ricco, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 1977, with 62 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the boys named Ricco in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ricco in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 11 | #7,152 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 21 | #4,534 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,622 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,033 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 22 | #3,716 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 15 | #4,409 |
| 1997 | 19 | #3,596 |
| 1996 | 13 | #4,606 |
| 1995 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 28 | #2,571 |
| 1992 | 44 | #1,839 |
| 1991 | 34 | #2,137 |
| 1990 | 45 | #1,750 |
| 1989 | 46 | #1,673 |
| 1988 | 48 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 35 | #1,826 |
| 1986 | 40 | #1,616 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1982 | 18 | #2,595 |
| 1981 | 26 | #2,037 |
| 1980 | 33 | #1,726 |
| 1979 | 37 | #1,570 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,508 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,099 |
| 1976 | 38 | #1,453 |
| 1975 | 50 | #1,191 |
| 1974 | 20 | #2,129 |
| 1973 | 28 | #1,653 |
| 1972 | 22 | #1,928 |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,636 |
| 1970 | 29 | #1,581 |
| 1969 | 15 | #2,216 |
| 1968 | 9 | #2,906 |
| 1967 | 15 | #2,029 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 7 | #3,273 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 6 | #3,370 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #3,865 |
Names like Ricco
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rico, Hugo, Rocco, Rio, Marco, Rodrigo, Luca, Lucas, Nico, Reggie, Leonardo, Franco
Names related to Ricco
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ricco: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ricco, updated 20 October 2026.