Riko
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- REE-koh
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Riko is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Riko mean?
Germanic: variant of Rico, short for names like Ricardo and Enrico
“ruler”
Rico is a pet form of Spanish and Italian names such as Ricardo, Enrico and Federico.
Is Riko a girl's or a boy's name?
Riko is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Riko in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Riko, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2006, with 5 boys.
In 2025, 83 boys in the UK were given Riko or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #495, up from #4,301 for this spelling alone.
- Rico 79
- Riko 4
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Riko in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 1 | #6,016 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
How popular is Riko in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2020, with 8 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.
Half of all the boys named Riko in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Riko in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 6 | #10,754 |
| 2017 | 6 | #10,770 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
Names like Riko
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Kairo, Shko, Yug, Loki, Rumi, Guto, Minh, Yoan, Yitzchok, Taio, Kenzo, Rui
Other spellings of Riko
Names related to Riko
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, “Riko: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/riko, updated 20 October 2026.