Rick
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RIK
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #3,035 for boys
Rick is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler; powerful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,035th for boys in the US (40 babies).
What does Rick mean?
Germanic: short form of Richard, Frederick or Eric
“ruler; powerful”
Short for names ending in Germanic ric, 'ruler'; Rick Blaine is Humphrey Bogart's character in the film Casablanca (1942).
More on Wiktionary.
Is Rick a girl's or a boy's name?
Rick is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 40 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rick in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 7 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rick in the UK since 1996 were born between 1998 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Rick in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #6,258 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #3,608 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Rick in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,035among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 40about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 40 boys in the US were named Rick, making it the 3,035th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,436th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 5,461 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
2025 had fewer boys named Rick than any year since 1939.
Half of all the boys named Rick in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1966, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rick in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | #3,035 |
| 2024 | 43 | #2,915 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 46 | #2,791 |
| 2021 | 44 | #2,818 |
| 2020 | 53 | #2,436 |
| 2019 | 51 | #2,555 |
| 2018 | 80 | #1,871 |
| 2017 | 63 | #2,153 |
| 2016 | 66 | #2,110 |
| 2015 | 81 | #1,826 |
| 2014 | 88 | #1,714 |
| 2013 | 73 | #1,914 |
| 2012 | 82 | #1,798 |
| 2011 | 98 | #1,577 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,503 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,528 |
| 2008 | 111 | #1,478 |
| 2007 | 125 | #1,341 |
| 2006 | 133 | #1,255 |
| 2005 | 152 | #1,080 |
| 2004 | 120 | #1,249 |
| 2003 | 130 | #1,154 |
| 2002 | 148 | #1,032 |
| 2001 | 144 | #1,023 |
| 2000 | 165 | #925 |
| 1999 | 165 | #903 |
| 1998 | 165 | #877 |
| 1997 | 189 | #780 |
| 1996 | 214 | #724 |
| 1995 | 215 | #726 |
| 1994 | 266 | #635 |
| 1993 | 317 | #575 |
| 1992 | 312 | #574 |
| 1991 | 346 | #545 |
| 1990 | 377 | #508 |
| 1989 | 367 | #500 |
| 1988 | 385 | #463 |
| 1987 | 437 | #417 |
| 1986 | 418 | #421 |
| 1985 | 444 | #408 |
| 1984 | 387 | #421 |
| 1983 | 437 | #382 |
| 1982 | 490 | #364 |
| 1981 | 450 | #381 |
| 1980 | 442 | #389 |
| 1979 | 496 | #354 |
| 1978 | 403 | #388 |
| 1977 | 438 | #374 |
| 1976 | 457 | #357 |
| 1975 | 499 | #343 |
| 1974 | 516 | #339 |
| 1973 | 621 | #293 |
| 1972 | 682 | #280 |
| 1971 | 859 | #260 |
| 1970 | 1,184 | #211 |
| 1969 | 1,272 | #200 |
| 1968 | 1,431 | #182 |
| 1967 | 1,587 | #167 |
| 1966 | 1,744 | #162 |
| 1965 | 2,254 | #137 |
| 1964 | 2,852 | #121 |
| 1963 | 3,218 | #111 |
| 1962 | 3,410 | #110 |
| 1961 | 3,732 | #108 |
| 1960 | 4,217 | #101 |
| 1959 | 4,936 | #89 |
| 1958 | 5,461 | #77 |
| 1957 | 4,663 | #87 |
| 1956 | 3,655 | #100 |
| 1955 | 3,150 | #109 |
| 1954 | 3,370 | #102 |
| 1953 | 3,173 | #101 |
| 1952 | 2,583 | #119 |
| 1951 | 1,896 | #143 |
| 1950 | 1,484 | #168 |
| 1949 | 1,362 | #170 |
| 1948 | 1,279 | #174 |
| 1947 | 1,120 | #182 |
| 1946 | 828 | #207 |
| 1945 | 504 | #260 |
| 1944 | 431 | #286 |
| 1943 | 237 | #399 |
| 1942 | 96 | #652 |
| 1941 | 60 | #817 |
| 1940 | 55 | #850 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,052 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,043 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,118 |
| 1935 | 17 | #1,708 |
| 1934 | 21 | #1,498 |
| 1933 | 22 | #1,456 |
| 1932 | 21 | #1,548 |
| 1931 | 26 | #1,361 |
| 1930 | 20 | #1,644 |
| 1929 | 21 | #1,611 |
| 1928 | 17 | #1,902 |
| 1927 | 20 | #1,748 |
| 1926 | 17 | #1,911 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,312 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,473 |
| 1923 | 9 | #2,948 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
Nicknames for Rick
- Ricky 14 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Rick
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Robin Reggie Patrick Robbie Billy Rudy Bobby Ronnie Michael Robert Mark Daniel
Names related to Rick
More Germanic names
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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, “Rick: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rick, updated 20 October 2026.