Rikki
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RIK-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,409 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,100 for girls
Rikki is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 3,409th for girls in the UK (7 babies) and 3,100th for girls in the US (52 babies).
What does Rikki mean?
Germanic: 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.
Is Rikki a girl's or a boy's name?
Rikki is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the UK and 52 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rikki in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 40,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the UK were named Rikki, making it the 3,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 1997, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rikki in the UK since 1996 were born between 1997 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 10 girls in the UK were given Rikki or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,226, up from #3,409 for this spelling alone.
- Rikki 7
- Riki 3
In 2007, 64% of the babies named Rikki in the UK were girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales.
Rikki in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,409 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,832 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,689 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 20 | #1,123 |
| 1997 | 22 | #1,022 |
| 1996 | 18 | #1,122 |
How popular is Rikki in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,100among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 31,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 52 girls in the US were named Rikki, making it the 3,100th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 362 girls. It first appears in the records in 1943.
2025 had more girls named Rikki than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Rikki in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 118 girls in the US were given Rikki or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,509, up from #3,100 for this spelling alone.
Girls were 76% of the babies named Rikki in the US in 1948, and 90% in 2016.
Rikki in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #3,100 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,695 |
| 2023 | 51 | #3,181 |
| 2022 | 46 | #3,415 |
| 2021 | 49 | #3,250 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 46 | #3,387 |
| 2018 | 55 | #2,961 |
| 2017 | 48 | #3,305 |
| 2016 | 64 | #2,697 |
| 2015 | 69 | #2,590 |
| 2014 | 49 | #3,270 |
| 2013 | 70 | #2,533 |
| 2012 | 51 | #3,212 |
| 2011 | 53 | #3,131 |
| 2010 | 56 | #3,009 |
| 2009 | 55 | #3,087 |
| 2008 | 51 | #3,266 |
| 2007 | 53 | #3,214 |
| 2006 | 41 | #3,733 |
| 2005 | 72 | #2,432 |
| 2004 | 46 | #3,261 |
| 2003 | 57 | #2,734 |
| 2002 | 62 | #2,524 |
| 2001 | 76 | #2,147 |
| 2000 | 83 | #1,994 |
| 1999 | 108 | #1,558 |
| 1998 | 125 | #1,371 |
| 1997 | 158 | #1,164 |
| 1996 | 201 | #956 |
| 1995 | 270 | #753 |
| 1994 | 362 | #613 |
| 1993 | 275 | #753 |
| 1992 | 254 | #792 |
| 1991 | 231 | #864 |
| 1990 | 238 | #821 |
| 1989 | 218 | #849 |
| 1988 | 244 | #767 |
| 1987 | 227 | #779 |
| 1986 | 216 | #783 |
| 1985 | 209 | #795 |
| 1984 | 173 | #875 |
| 1983 | 193 | #804 |
| 1982 | 189 | #829 |
| 1981 | 207 | #785 |
| 1980 | 165 | #913 |
| 1979 | 147 | #974 |
| 1978 | 105 | #1,194 |
| 1977 | 132 | #1,016 |
| 1976 | 105 | #1,131 |
| 1975 | 117 | #1,026 |
| 1974 | 89 | #1,226 |
| 1973 | 49 | #1,773 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,832 |
| 1971 | 59 | #1,594 |
| 1970 | 43 | #1,952 |
| 1969 | 34 | #2,171 |
| 1968 | 34 | #2,056 |
| 1967 | 33 | #2,039 |
| 1966 | 27 | #2,307 |
| 1965 | 31 | #2,110 |
| 1964 | 16 | #3,243 |
| 1963 | 13 | #3,634 |
| 1962 | 17 | #3,032 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 13 | #3,435 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 18 | #2,726 |
| 1956 | 13 | #3,320 |
| 1955 | 16 | #2,838 |
| 1954 | 25 | #2,121 |
| 1953 | 19 | #2,430 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,977 |
| 1951 | 16 | #2,576 |
| 1950 | 15 | #2,651 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 25 | #1,900 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,897 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
Names like Rikki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kiki Rumi Suki Miri Dakota Tori Yumna Mika Yuna Kiyomi Remi Kyomi
Other spellings of Rikki
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, “Rikki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rikki, updated 20 October 2026.