Riki
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RIK-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Riki is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Riki mean?
Germanic: spelling of Rikki; pet form of names containing ric, such as Erica or Frederica
“ruler”
Rikki-Tikki-Tavi is the brave mongoose in a story from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book.
Meaning borrowed from Rikki.
Is Riki a girl's or a boy's name?
Riki is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Riki in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Riki, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,630th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 6 girls.
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were given Riki or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,226, up from #5,990 for this spelling alone.
- Rikki 7
- Riki 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Riki in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,630 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Riki in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Riki, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 13,448th. Its busiest year was 1981, with 46 girls. It first appears in the records in 1945.
Half of all the girls named Riki in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1994, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 118 girls in the US were given Riki or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,509, up from #10,104 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 84% of the babies named Riki in the US in 1970, and 47% in 2007.
Riki in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #13,448 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 9 | #11,251 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 5 | #17,288 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,516 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 10 | #8,798 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 27 | #3,937 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 1993 | 35 | #3,216 |
| 1992 | 28 | #3,767 |
| 1991 | 24 | #4,202 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 24 | #4,014 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 24 | #3,621 |
| 1986 | 34 | #2,778 |
| 1985 | 27 | #3,245 |
| 1984 | 26 | #3,232 |
| 1983 | 42 | #2,271 |
| 1982 | 22 | #3,646 |
| 1981 | 46 | #2,195 |
| 1980 | 32 | #2,800 |
| 1979 | 31 | #2,795 |
| 1978 | 26 | #3,009 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,601 |
| 1975 | 30 | #2,565 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,108 |
| 1971 | 14 | #4,121 |
| 1970 | 26 | #2,705 |
| 1969 | 19 | #3,101 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,708 |
| 1967 | 16 | #3,210 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 11 | #3,951 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 8 | #4,864 |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 8 | #4,225 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 11 | #3,175 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
Names like Riki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiki Suki Rumi Miri Dakota Yumna Tori Mika Yuna Kiyomi Kyomi Lumi
Other spellings of Riki
Names related to Riki
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, “Riki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/riki, updated 20 October 2026.