NewName Shortlist 0 Meaning This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time Most used in the 2000s
In the United States 0 10 20 30 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2004 per million babies of that sex 2,471 babies given this name since 1915 At its height in 2004, about 1 in 36,700 boys 20 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Ricky Boy A pet form of Richard or Frederick; Richard is from Germanic ric 'power, ruler' + hard 'hard, brave'. Modern · peak 1958 Ricardo Boy The Spanish and Portuguese form of Richard, from Germanic ric 'power, ruler' + hard 'hard, brave'. Modern · peak 1998 Reagan Girl From the Irish surname Ó Riagáin 'descendant of Riagán', a personal name of uncertain meaning. The popular 'little… Modern · peak 2012 Rickey Boy A pet form of Richard, from Germanic ric 'power, ruler' + hard 'hard, brave'. Modern · peak 1958 · forgotten Rex Boy From Latin rex 'king'. Victorian · peak 1951 Roxanne Girl From Greek Rhoxane, from an Old Persian name probably meaning 'bright, shining'. Greece · peak 1954 Ryker Boy A modern American coinage, apparently a respelling of the surname Riker; the surname's own origin is uncertain. Modern · peak 2018 Rocco Boy After St Roch; the name is probably Germanic, perhaps from hrok 'rest' or a word for 'crow', but this is uncertain. Victorian · peak 2009 Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.