Boy
Rickey
Rickey is a boy's name meaning "brave ruler". It was at its most popular in the 1950s and is rarely chosen now. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. 1958 was this name's high-water mark in the U.S. birth records.
EtymologyDiminutive of Richard
EtymologyMeaning "brave ruler"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
29
1930s
133
1940s
4,255
1950s
28,167
1960s
14,096
1970s
5,304
1980s
4,968
1990s
2,672
2000s
1,514
2010s
789
Peaked in the 1950s · 61,927 total U.S. births since 1900