NameTides

Ricardo

Ricardo was the #380 boys' name in the US in 2025 (833 babies), and #1,359 in England & Wales and #2,095 in Canada.

Ricardo as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ricardo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Ricardo as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#380 (833)#1,359 (20)——#2,095 (9)
2024#373 (871)#1,517 (17)—#785 (3)#1,764 (11)
2023#371 (876)#1,175 (24)——#1,043 (22)
2022#357 (920)#1,179 (23)——#1,350 (15)
2021#345 (946)#939 (32)——#853 (29)
2020#339 (963)#878 (33)——#1,708 (10)
2019#329 (1,018)#929 (31)——#1,375 (14)
2018#305 (1,125)#1,061 (26)——#1,021 (21)
2017#302 (1,168)#888 (35)——#1,246 (16)
2016#281 (1,297)#946 (31)——#1,198 (17)
2015#277 (1,340)#821 (38)——#923 (24)
2014#256 (1,462)#695 (47)——#854 (27)
2013#253 (1,430)#720 (45)——#892 (25)
2012#226 (1,567)#748 (44)——#1,033 (20)
2011#215 (1,635)#852 (34)—#623 (4)#818 (27)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1998 at #125.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1888.

How common is it?

about 1 in 2,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 14,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Ricardo is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 2,100 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 2,100 to 1 in 2,100.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ricardo by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #364WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #306ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #601NYMassachusetts: #789MAOregon: #474ORNevada: #243NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #668INOhio: #940OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: #523NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #218CAUtah: #515UTColorado: #385CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #869MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #627VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #200AZNew Mexico: #148NMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #672TNNorth Carolina: #485NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: #450LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #464GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #166TXFlorida: #321FL
Ricardo (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,5176

Ricardo (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RicardoCanadaBoys#2,0959
RicardoEngland & WalesBoys#1,35920
RicardoIrelandBoys—too few
RicardoNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RicardoScotlandBoys—too few
RicardoUSGirls—too few
RicardoUSBoys#380833