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Boy

Rico

Rico is a boy's name, a distinctive, less common pick, that has stayed remarkably steady since peaking in the 1970s.

SpanishSpanish/Italian, short for Enrico/Ricardo
Etymology"Brave ruler" or "home ruler"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
26
1920s
53
1930s
29
1940s
50
1950s
177
1960s
460
1970s
2,084
1980s
1,852
1990s
1,971
2000s
1,297
2010s
1,044
Peaked in the 1970s · 9,043 total U.S. births since 1900