Rickie
Rickie is a male or female given name.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Rickie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rickie is a male or female given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Rickie
As a girl name
American parents first put Rickie on the record books as a girl name in 1896, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1952, when 73 Rickies were born — ranking #1,100 that year. About 26% of every Rickie on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. Rickie last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 11 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1890s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Rickie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1932, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1954: 1,003 births, good for #218 nationwide. About 47% of every Rickie on record arrived during the 1950s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Rickie ranks #6,710 for boys with 12 births, falling sharply (-28%). All told, over 16K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Rickie
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Rickie. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Rickie
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- Rickie Collins (born 2005), American football player
- Rickie Fowler (born 1988), American professional golfer
- Rickie Harris (born 1943), American football defensive back
- Rickie Lee Jones (born 1954), American vocalist, musician, songwriter, and producer
- Rickie Lambert (born 1982), English professional footballer
- Rickie Lloyd (born 1970), Italian-American event planner
- Rickie D. Moore , noted theologian within the Pentecostal movement
- Rickie Solinger (born 1947), independent historian, curator, and lecturer
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Names that sound like Rickie
Phonetically similar names — useful when Rickie is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Rickie
Rickie is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1932 and has accumulated 16K births in the dataset. Rickie's peak popularity came in 1954 when it ranked #218. Use the chart and map above to compare Rickie's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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