Boy
Ricky
Rooted in Germanic, Ricky is a boy's name that means "Powerful ruler". It has not kept pace since its 1950s peak. In the current registry, it is a name most people have come across. The registry counts around 222,345 U.S. births under this name going back to 1900.
GermanicDiminutive of Richard
GermanicPowerful ruler
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
51
1930s
208
1940s
6,979
1950s
79,601
1960s
66,835
1970s
22,308
1980s
20,395
1990s
13,546
2000s
8,240
2010s
4,182
Peaked in the 1950s · 222,345 total U.S. births since 1900