Rico is an uncommon variant of Ricky that peaked in 1976 and has grown less common since.
Rico is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,805 for boy births in the United States (and #3,855 across all names), given to 89 babies. Rico first appears in 1915 and peaked in 1991 (319 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 89 | 89 | — | #1,805 |
| 2024 | 99 | 99 | — | #1,695 |
| 2023 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,630 |
| 2022 | 105 | 105 | — | #1,648 |
| 2021 | 125 | 125 | — | #1,448 |
| 2020 | 120 | 120 | — | #1,448 |
| 2019 | 137 | 137 | — | #1,333 |
| 2018 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,350 |
| 2017 | 148 | 148 | — | #1,243 |
| 2016 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,441 |
| 2015 | 123 | 123 | — | #1,403 |
| 2014 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,224 |
| 2013 | 127 | 127 | — | #1,342 |
| 2012 | 108 | 108 | — | #1,496 |
| 2011 | 143 | 143 | — | #1,227 |
| 2010 | 133 | 133 | — | #1,295 |
| 2009 | 126 | 126 | — | #1,365 |
| 2008 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,185 |
| 2007 | 148 | 148 | — | #1,194 |
| 2006 | 144 | 144 | — | #1,177 |
| 2005 | 116 | 116 | — | #1,314 |
| 2004 | 150 | 150 | — | #1,070 |
| 2003 | 114 | 114 | — | #1,266 |
| 2002 | 121 | 121 | — | #1,173 |
| 2001 | 103 | 103 | — | #1,285 |
| 2000 | 126 | 126 | — | #1,119 |
| 1999 | 130 | 135 | — | #1,057 |
| 1998 | 146 | 146 | — | #955 |
| 1997 | 143 | — | — | #945 |
| 1996 | 137 | — | — | #947 |
| 1995 | 157 | — | — | #870 |
| 1994 | 177 | — | — | #800 |
| 1993 | 232 | — | — | #674 |
| 1992 | 236 | — | — | #676 |
| 1991 | 319 | — | — | #566 |
| 1990 | 295 | — | — | #585 |
| 1989 | 280 | — | — | #585 |
| 1988 | 214 | — | — | #648 |
| 1987 | 175 | — | — | #687 |
| 1986 | 193 | — | #7,588 | #662 |
| 1985 | 146 | — | — | #732 |
| 1984 | 144 | — | — | #728 |
| 1983 | 157 | — | — | #684 |
| 1982 | 177 | — | — | #656 |
| 1981 | 151 | — | — | #705 |
| 1980 | 216 | — | — | #585 |
| 1979 | 200 | — | — | #608 |
| 1978 | 225 | — | — | #557 |
| 1977 | 233 | — | — | #547 |
| 1976 | 327 | — | #6,458 | #436 |
| 1975 | 232 | — | #5,867 | #540 |
| 1974 | 192 | — | — | #580 |
| 1973 | 175 | — | — | #596 |
| 1972 | 160 | — | #6,412 | #648 |
| 1971 | 190 | — | — | #604 |
| 1970 | 151 | — | #5,716 | #698 |
| 1969 | 71 | — | — | #909 |
| 1968 | 64 | — | — | #908 |
| 1967 | 47 | — | — | #1,081 |
| 1966 | 40 | — | — | #1,190 |
| 1965 | 43 | — | — | #1,158 |
| 1964 | 40 | — | — | #1,230 |
| 1963 | 38 | — | — | #1,271 |
| 1962 | 27 | — | — | #1,539 |
| 1961 | 59 | — | — | #1,025 |
| 1960 | 31 | — | — | #1,458 |
| 1959 | 36 | — | — | #1,317 |
| 1958 | 16 | — | — | #2,079 |
| 1957 | 23 | — | — | #1,711 |
| 1956 | 28 | — | — | #1,506 |
| 1955 | 17 | — | — | #1,959 |
| 1954 | 13 | — | — | #2,296 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | — | #2,677 |
| 1952 | 13 | — | — | #2,231 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | — | #2,228 |
| 1950 | 8 | — | — | #2,975 |
| 1949 | 14 | — | — | #2,102 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | — | #3,599 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | — | #3,671 |
| 1944 | 5 | — | — | #3,816 |
| 1943 | 7 | — | — | #3,178 |
| 1942 | 7 | — | — | #3,159 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | — | #3,840 |
| 1937 | 9 | — | — | #2,635 |
| 1935 | 7 | — | — | #3,199 |
| 1934 | 6 | — | — | #3,600 |
| 1932 | 7 | — | — | #3,309 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | — | #3,874 |
| 1928 | 9 | — | — | #3,026 |
| 1926 | 8 | — | — | #3,325 |
| 1924 | 5 | — | — | #4,835 |
| 1923 | 5 | — | — | #4,773 |
| 1922 | 5 | — | — | #4,834 |
| 1921 | 6 | — | — | #4,241 |
| 1920 | 9 | — | — | #3,164 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | — | #3,640 |
| 1917 | 8 | — | — | #3,157 |
| 1915 | 11 | — | — | #2,427 |