Rickey is a familiar variant of Ricky that peaked in 1958 and has since faded.
Rickey is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2,827 for boy births in the United States (and #6,079 across all names), given to 45 babies. Rickey first appears in 1924 and peaked in 1958 (3,782 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,827 |
| 2024 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,786 |
| 2023 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,936 |
| 2022 | 47 | 47 | — | #2,787 |
| 2021 | 69 | 69 | — | #2,104 |
| 2020 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,132 |
| 2019 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,167 |
| 2018 | 66 | 66 | — | #2,138 |
| 2017 | 86 | 86 | — | #1,789 |
| 2016 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,899 |
| 2015 | 89 | 89 | — | #1,736 |
| 2014 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,511 |
| 2013 | 105 | 105 | — | #1,534 |
| 2012 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,613 |
| 2011 | 109 | 109 | — | #1,491 |
| 2010 | 119 | 119 | — | #1,406 |
| 2009 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,388 |
| 2008 | 130 | 130 | — | #1,332 |
| 2007 | 148 | 148 | — | #1,193 |
| 2006 | 165 | 165 | — | #1,079 |
| 2005 | 149 | 149 | — | #1,109 |
| 2004 | 143 | 143 | — | #1,113 |
| 2003 | 141 | 141 | — | #1,096 |
| 2002 | 172 | 172 | — | #936 |
| 2001 | 167 | 167 | — | #933 |
| 2000 | 176 | 176 | — | #892 |
| 1999 | 188 | 188 | — | #815 |
| 1998 | 160 | 160 | — | #905 |
| 1997 | 224 | — | — | #707 |
| 1996 | 211 | — | — | #729 |
| 1995 | 251 | — | — | #660 |
| 1994 | 252 | — | — | #658 |
| 1993 | 311 | — | — | #586 |
| 1992 | 324 | — | — | #566 |
| 1991 | 363 | — | — | #531 |
| 1990 | 388 | — | #12,541 | #504 |
| 1989 | 424 | — | — | #456 |
| 1988 | 429 | — | — | #437 |
| 1987 | 412 | — | #10,931 | #442 |
| 1986 | 442 | — | #8,306 | #410 |
| 1985 | 506 | — | #10,323 | #370 |
| 1984 | 517 | — | #8,903 | #357 |
| 1983 | 508 | — | #9,924 | #355 |
| 1982 | 562 | — | #10,158 | #339 |
| 1981 | 586 | — | #10,058 | #330 |
| 1980 | 584 | — | #7,963 | #329 |
| 1979 | 533 | — | #8,742 | #344 |
| 1978 | 509 | — | #6,796 | #344 |
| 1977 | 562 | — | #6,737 | #330 |
| 1976 | 559 | — | #7,107 | #322 |
| 1975 | 543 | — | #6,327 | #329 |
| 1974 | 485 | — | #6,716 | #354 |
| 1973 | 501 | — | #9,426 | #342 |
| 1972 | 509 | — | #9,273 | #342 |
| 1971 | 531 | — | #8,089 | #349 |
| 1970 | 569 | — | #6,233 | #340 |
| 1969 | 604 | — | #4,971 | #314 |
| 1968 | 777 | — | #5,059 | #260 |
| 1967 | 775 | — | #4,888 | #263 |
| 1966 | 955 | — | #4,415 | #227 |
| 1965 | 1,135 | — | #3,127 | #215 |
| 1964 | 1,374 | — | #3,077 | #205 |
| 1963 | 1,694 | — | #3,594 | #175 |
| 1962 | 1,909 | — | #2,647 | #169 |
| 1961 | 2,282 | — | #2,345 | #153 |
| 1960 | 2,592 | — | #2,884 | #138 |
| 1959 | 3,483 | — | #2,325 | #117 |
| 1958 | 3,818 | — | #1,847 | #106 |
| 1957 | 3,537 | — | #3,121 | #108 |
| 1956 | 3,284 | — | #2,516 | #112 |
| 1955 | 3,085 | — | #2,534 | #114 |
| 1954 | 3,163 | — | #1,824 | #113 |
| 1953 | 2,857 | — | #2,678 | #113 |
| 1952 | 2,073 | — | #2,319 | #140 |
| 1951 | 1,559 | — | #2,673 | #166 |
| 1950 | 1,320 | — | #2,321 | #173 |
| 1949 | 1,106 | — | #2,326 | #191 |
| 1948 | 1,049 | — | #1,766 | #197 |
| 1947 | 843 | — | #1,659 | #226 |
| 1946 | 499 | — | #2,468 | #294 |
| 1945 | 286 | — | #1,733 | #372 |
| 1944 | 225 | — | #2,085 | #424 |
| 1943 | 111 | — | #4,117 | #622 |
| 1942 | 77 | — | #2,959 | #793 |
| 1941 | 41 | — | — | #1,014 |
| 1940 | 20 | — | — | #1,558 |
| 1939 | 15 | — | — | #1,855 |
| 1938 | 19 | — | — | #1,604 |
| 1937 | 12 | — | — | #2,173 |
| 1936 | 22 | — | — | #1,453 |
| 1935 | 10 | — | — | #2,503 |
| 1934 | 16 | — | — | #1,842 |
| 1933 | 19 | — | — | #1,632 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | — | #4,185 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | — | #3,678 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | — | #2,968 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | — | #3,873 |
| 1928 | 12 | — | #5,300 | #3,641 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | — | #4,109 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | — | #4,834 |