Rico
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- REE-koh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #538 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,793 for boys
Rico is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler, power”. In 2025 it ranked 538th for boys in the UK (79 babies) and 1,793rd for boys in the US (89 babies).
What does Rico mean?
Germanic: short form of names like Ricardo, Enrico and Federico
“ruler, power”
A short form of names such as Ricardo, Enrico and Federico; rico is also the Spanish word for rich.
Is Rico a girl's or a boy's name?
Rico is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 79 boys in the UK and 89 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rico in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 79 about 1 in 3,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 79 boys in the UK were named Rico, making it the 538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 760th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 86 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rico in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 83 boys in the UK were given Rico or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #495, up from #538 for this spelling alone.
- Rico 79
- Riko 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 563rd in England and Wales and 333rd in Scotland.
Rico in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 79 | #538 |
| 2024 | 84 | #521 |
| 2023 | 57 | #684 |
| 2022 | 53 | #715 |
| 2021 | 47 | #788 |
| 2020 | 47 | #760 |
| 2019 | 69 | #601 |
| 2018 | 82 | #531 |
| 2017 | 85 | #524 |
| 2016 | 78 | #554 |
| 2015 | 73 | #578 |
| 2014 | 73 | #568 |
| 2013 | 86 | #497 |
| 2012 | 69 | #576 |
| 2011 | 70 | #561 |
| 2010 | 51 | #692 |
| 2009 | 56 | #643 |
| 2008 | 65 | #570 |
| 2007 | 39 | #779 |
| 2006 | 49 | #643 |
| 2005 | 51 | #576 |
| 2004 | 46 | #607 |
| 2003 | 42 | #603 |
| 2002 | 32 | #667 |
| 2001 | 33 | #629 |
| 2000 | 21 | #862 |
| 1999 | 10 | #1,352 |
| 1998 | 15 | #1,016 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 17 | #897 |
How popular is Rico in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,793rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 89 about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 89 boys in the US were named Rico, making it the 1,793rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,437th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 319 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer boys named Rico than any year since 1969.
Half of all the boys named Rico in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rico in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | #1,793 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,685 |
| 2023 | 107 | #1,623 |
| 2022 | 105 | #1,642 |
| 2021 | 125 | #1,442 |
| 2020 | 120 | #1,437 |
| 2019 | 137 | #1,327 |
| 2018 | 133 | #1,348 |
| 2017 | 148 | #1,236 |
| 2016 | 121 | #1,433 |
| 2015 | 123 | #1,396 |
| 2014 | 150 | #1,218 |
| 2013 | 127 | #1,340 |
| 2012 | 108 | #1,490 |
| 2011 | 143 | #1,219 |
| 2010 | 133 | #1,292 |
| 2009 | 126 | #1,360 |
| 2008 | 150 | #1,182 |
| 2007 | 148 | #1,188 |
| 2006 | 144 | #1,172 |
| 2005 | 116 | #1,306 |
| 2004 | 150 | #1,066 |
| 2003 | 114 | #1,261 |
| 2002 | 121 | #1,166 |
| 2001 | 103 | #1,279 |
| 2000 | 126 | #1,114 |
| 1999 | 130 | #1,053 |
| 1998 | 146 | #951 |
| 1997 | 143 | #939 |
| 1996 | 137 | #943 |
| 1995 | 157 | #859 |
| 1994 | 177 | #796 |
| 1993 | 232 | #673 |
| 1992 | 236 | #673 |
| 1991 | 319 | #566 |
| 1990 | 295 | #583 |
| 1989 | 280 | #582 |
| 1988 | 214 | #647 |
| 1987 | 175 | #687 |
| 1986 | 184 | #661 |
| 1985 | 146 | #731 |
| 1984 | 144 | #725 |
| 1983 | 157 | #682 |
| 1982 | 177 | #653 |
| 1981 | 151 | #705 |
| 1980 | 216 | #585 |
| 1979 | 200 | #607 |
| 1978 | 225 | #557 |
| 1977 | 233 | #546 |
| 1976 | 318 | #436 |
| 1975 | 222 | #540 |
| 1974 | 192 | #580 |
| 1973 | 175 | #593 |
| 1972 | 152 | #646 |
| 1971 | 190 | #604 |
| 1970 | 142 | #695 |
| 1969 | 71 | #903 |
| 1968 | 64 | #898 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,071 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,178 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,144 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,218 |
| 1963 | 38 | #1,254 |
| 1962 | 27 | #1,514 |
| 1961 | 59 | #1,012 |
| 1960 | 31 | #1,433 |
| 1959 | 36 | #1,301 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,025 |
| 1957 | 23 | #1,672 |
| 1956 | 28 | #1,479 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,206 |
| 1953 | 10 | #2,530 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,134 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 5 | #3,458 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
| 1921 | 6 | #3,867 |
| 1920 | 9 | #2,966 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,367 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
Names like Rico
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hugo, Rocco, Leonardo, Marco, Reggie, Nico, Lucas, Rio, Lorenzo, Ali, Milo, Roman
Other spellings of Rico
Riko
Names related to Rico
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, “Rico: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rico, updated 20 October 2026.