Rickey
Boy · RIK-ee · Germanic
Rickey is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “brave ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 2,797th for boys in the US (45 babies).
What does Rickey mean?
Germanic: pet form of Richard
“brave ruler”
Rickey Henderson, baseball's all-time leader in stolen bases, made this spelling famous.
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Is Rickey a girl's or a boy's name?
Rickey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 45 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rickey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,797among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 45about 1 in 38,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 32% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 45 boys in the US were named Rickey, making it the 2,797th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,113th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 3,782 boys. It first appears in the records in 1924.
Half of all the boys named Rickey in the US since 1880 were born between 1955 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 306 boys in the US were given Rickey or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #758, up from #2,797 for this spelling alone.
Rickey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | #2,797 |
| 2024 | 47 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 69 | #2,095 |
| 2020 | 66 | #2,113 |
| 2019 | 66 | #2,149 |
| 2018 | 66 | #2,121 |
| 2017 | 86 | #1,780 |
| 2016 | 78 | #1,890 |
| 2015 | 89 | #1,729 |
| 2014 | 107 | #1,506 |
| 2013 | 105 | #1,528 |
| 2012 | 97 | #1,601 |
| 2011 | 109 | #1,484 |
| 2010 | 119 | #1,399 |
| 2009 | 123 | #1,381 |
| 2008 | 130 | #1,329 |
| 2007 | 148 | #1,188 |
| 2006 | 165 | #1,077 |
| 2005 | 149 | #1,104 |
| 2004 | 143 | #1,100 |
| 2003 | 141 | #1,092 |
| 2002 | 172 | #929 |
| 2001 | 167 | #925 |
| 2000 | 176 | #888 |
| 1999 | 188 | #807 |
| 1998 | 160 | #899 |
| 1997 | 224 | #705 |
| 1996 | 211 | #726 |
| 1995 | 251 | #658 |
| 1994 | 252 | #654 |
| 1993 | 311 | #583 |
| 1992 | 324 | #564 |
| 1991 | 363 | #530 |
| 1990 | 382 | #501 |
| 1989 | 424 | #456 |
| 1988 | 429 | #437 |
| 1987 | 406 | #441 |
| 1986 | 434 | #409 |
| 1985 | 500 | #370 |
| 1984 | 510 | #357 |
| 1983 | 502 | #354 |
| 1982 | 556 | #338 |
| 1981 | 580 | #330 |
| 1980 | 576 | #329 |
| 1979 | 526 | #343 |
| 1978 | 500 | #344 |
| 1977 | 553 | #330 |
| 1976 | 551 | #322 |
| 1975 | 534 | #329 |
| 1974 | 477 | #354 |
| 1973 | 496 | #341 |
| 1972 | 504 | #342 |
| 1971 | 525 | #349 |
| 1970 | 561 | #339 |
| 1969 | 594 | #314 |
| 1968 | 768 | #259 |
| 1967 | 766 | #263 |
| 1966 | 945 | #227 |
| 1965 | 1,118 | #215 |
| 1964 | 1,356 | #205 |
| 1963 | 1,680 | #175 |
| 1962 | 1,887 | #169 |
| 1961 | 2,255 | #153 |
| 1960 | 2,573 | #138 |
| 1959 | 3,458 | #116 |
| 1958 | 3,782 | #106 |
| 1957 | 3,522 | #108 |
| 1956 | 3,263 | #112 |
| 1955 | 3,065 | #114 |
| 1954 | 3,130 | #113 |
| 1953 | 2,840 | #113 |
| 1952 | 2,052 | #140 |
| 1951 | 1,543 | #166 |
| 1950 | 1,301 | #173 |
| 1949 | 1,087 | #191 |
| 1948 | 1,020 | #197 |
| 1947 | 809 | #226 |
| 1946 | 483 | #294 |
| 1945 | 262 | #371 |
| 1944 | 207 | #422 |
| 1943 | 104 | #620 |
| 1942 | 66 | #791 |
| 1941 | 41 | #1,004 |
| 1940 | 20 | #1,519 |
| 1939 | 15 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 19 | #1,559 |
| 1937 | 12 | #2,088 |
| 1936 | 22 | #1,417 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 16 | #1,783 |
| 1933 | 19 | #1,586 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
Nicknames for Rickey
Names like Rickey
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Other spellings of Rickey
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