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Rickie

Gender
Boy
Say it
RIK-ee
Origin
Germanic
US rank, 2025
#6,442 for boys

Rickie is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “powerful and brave”. In 2025 it ranked 6,442nd for boys in the US (13 babies).

What does Rickie mean?

Germanic: spelling of Ricky; pet form of Richard

“powerful and brave”

A pet form of Richard, and sometimes of other names ending in -ric, such as Frederick or Eric.

Meaning borrowed from Ricky. More on Wiktionary.

Is Rickie a girl's or a boy's name?

Rickie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls and 13 boys in the US.

How popular is Rickie 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 14 boys.

1996Busiest: 14 in 19962016
Rickie in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20161#6,416
20150–
20140–
20130–
20120–
20110–
20104#4,026
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20040–
20030–
20020–
20010–
20003#3,146
19994#2,513
199810#1,346
19978#1,532
199614#1,021

How popular is Rickie in the US?

Rank in 2025
#6,442among boys
Babies in 2025
13about 1 in 130,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 13 boys in the US were named Rickie, making it the 6,442nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 1954, with 1,003 boys. It first appears in the records in 1932. 14 girls were also named Rickie in 2025 (7,489th for girls).

Half of all the boys named Rickie in the US since 1880 were born between 1954 and 1970, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 306 boys in the US were given Rickie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #758, up from #6,442 for this spelling alone.

In 2022, 35% of the babies named Rickie in the US were girls.

1932Busiest: 1,003 in 19542025
Rickie in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202513#6,442
202413#6,464
202319#5,070
202220#4,846
202129#3,736
202020#4,694
201913#6,401
201824#4,222
201719#4,931
201614#6,048
201531#3,512
201424#4,135
201326#3,862
201234#3,228
201141#2,851
201035#3,180
200929#3,637
200839#3,004
200735#3,186
200633#3,225
200537#2,842
200437#2,784
200339#2,575
200250#2,121
200151#2,046
200046#2,171
199954#1,821
199849#1,954
199752#1,811
199658#1,652
199574#1,364
199469#1,405
199389#1,181
199297#1,112
199182#1,221
199090#1,131
1989103#1,006
1988104#942
1987109#895
1986102#900
1985120#810
1984105#859
1983126#777
1982141#732
1981141#728
1980144#729
1979154#688
1978133#729
1977143#710
1976130#732
1975160#645
1974137#700
1973182#587
1972149#656
1971168#635
1970147#678
1969195#559
1968223#506
1967207#520
1966237#492
1965282#464
1964333#438
1963414#391
1962417#397
1961459#371
1960525#341
1959741#288
1958791#271
1957834#262
1956869#246
1955875#237
19541,003#218
1953905#222
1952734#252
1951530#302
1950367#350
1949316#377
1948297#393
1947258#424
1946165#504
194571#728
194459#814
194323#1,460
194216#1,799
194110#2,333
19409#2,478
19395#3,479
19387#2,868
19377#2,905
19360–
19350–
19346#3,275
19335#3,640
19325#3,774

Names like Rickie

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Reggie Robbie Ronnie Robin Jamie Michael Freddie Billy Frankie Patrick Richie Robert

Other spellings of Rickie

Ricky Rickey

Names related to Rickie

Rick Rockie Ricki Ricci Riki

More Germanic names

Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice

Every Germanic name

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, “Rickie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rickie, updated 20 October 2026.