Rico
About Rico
Consider this short form for your little Richard.
As of October 2026, Rico ranked #1805 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #437 in 1976.
Editor's take: The name Rico is a boy's name of Spanish origin meaning "dominant ruler".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,224 | 150 | 78.1 |
| 2015 | #1,401 | 123 | 64.2 |
| 2016 | #1,441 | 121 | 63.8 |
| 2017 | #1,243 | 148 | 80 |
| 2018 | #1,350 | 133 | 73.2 |
| 2019 | #1,333 | 137 | 76.4 |
| 2020 | #1,446 | 120 | 69.5 |
| 2021 | #1,446 | 125 | 71.4 |
| 2022 | #1,648 | 105 | 60.1 |
| 2023 | #1,628 | 107 | 62.6 |
| 2024 | #1,700 | 98 | 56.9 |
| 2025 | #1,805 | 89 | 52.1 |
World rankings
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Rico on lists
Famous Ricos
- Rico Smith Jr.
American football player
- Rico Rodriguez
American actor
- Rico Love
American singer,songwriter and record producer
- Rico Blanco
Filipino singer,songwriter
- Rico Alaniz
Mexican,American actor
- Rico Constantino
American pro wrestler
- Rico Gear
New Zealand rugby union international player
- Rico Rodriguez
Jamaican ska and reggae trombonist
- Rico Nasty (born Maria
Cecilia Simone Kelly), American rapper
Rico in pop culture
- "Rico Suave
" song by Gerardo
- Uncle Rico
character in movie "Napoleon Dynamite"
- Caesar Enrico "Rico" Bandelle
title character from the 1930 movie "Little Caesar"
- Juan (John) Rico
character from movie "Starship Troopers"
- Rico
character in Disney's "Home on the Range"
- Rico Banderas
character in the video game "Xenogears"
- Rico Dredd
character from the comic "Judge Dredd"
- Judge Rico
different character in "Judge Dredd"
- Rico
character in the anime "Gunslinger Girl"
- Rico
character in the web series "NX Files"
- Rico Suave
character in TV's "Hannah Montana"
- Rico
character in "Madagascar" movies
- Rico
Robot R,1C0 on Power Rangers MegaForce
- Puerto Rico
United States territory, located in the Caribbean Sea