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Ricardo

Pronounced /ɹɪˈkɑɹdoʊ/

Rank in 2024
#376
Born in 2024
865
Peak year
1998 · #125
Origin
Portuguese

1880 to 2024

Cooling
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 865 boys were named Ricardo, about 1 in every 1,983.
  • It peaked in 1998 with 3,044 babies, ranked #125.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1888.
  • 145,612 boys have been named Ricardo since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Ricardo per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. 0.2
    Silent
  3. 0.5
    Boomers
  4. 1.0
    Gen X
  5. 1.4
    Millennials
  6. 1.3
    Gen Z
  7. 0.6
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,188 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Silent: 3,536 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Boomers: 18,440 babies, 0.49 per 1,000. Gen X: 26,678 babies, 0.98 per 1,000. Millennials: 41,119 babies, 1.35 per 1,000. Gen Z: 41,231 babies, 1.31 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 13,407 babies, 0.62 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Portuguese and Spanish Ricardo. Doublet of Richard.

  • A male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Richard.
Origin
Portuguese
Say it
/ɹɪˈkɑɹdoʊ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Ricardo, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Riccardo

    Rank
    #6,889
    Born '24
    12
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19792024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Richardo

    Rank
    #12,775
    Born '24
    5
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19882024