Riki
Riki is a given name. It is a gender-neutral name in Japan. Notable people with the name include:Riki, Spanish footballer Iván Sánchez-Rico Soto Riki, Spanish footballer Ricardo Rodríguez Gil Carcedo Riki Blich, Israeli actress Riki Cakić, Bosnian-born Swedish footballer Riki Choshu , ring name of Mitsuo Yoshida, Korean-Japanese professional wrestler Riki Christodoulou, British racing driver Riki…
- Japanese
Meaning & Origin of Riki
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Riki is a given name. It is a gender-neutral name in Japan. Notable people with the name include:Riki, Spanish footballer Iván Sánchez-Rico Soto Riki, Spanish footballer Ricardo Rodríguez Gil Carcedo Riki Blich, Israeli actress Riki Cakić, Bosnian-born Swedish footballer Riki Choshu , ring name of Mitsuo Yoshida, Korean-Japanese professional wrestler Riki Christodoulou, British racing driver Riki…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Japanese
The Story of Riki
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Riki as a girl name dates back to 1945, when 6 babies received it. 1981 was its biggest year on record, with 46 newborns named Riki — #2,195 in the national rankings. About 25% of every Riki on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Riki last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 9 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 1K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
Riki first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1948, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1993: 17 births, good for #3,661 nationwide. About 27% of every Riki on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Riki last appeared in the published SSA data in 2017, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 433 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Riki
Riki is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1945 and has accumulated 1K births in the dataset. Riki's peak popularity came in 1981 when it ranked #2,195. Use the chart and map above to compare Riki'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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