Male name
Ricardo
1,189 births (England and Wales, 1996–2025), peaking in 1999.
Origin
From Portuguese and Spanish Ricardo. Doublet of Richard.From Wiktionary, entry “Ricardo”, text under CC BY-SA 4.0.
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How many babies received it
From the official birth registers.
In England and Wales
Peak in 1999: 65 births. 1,189 births from 1996 to 2025. A name given mostly in the 1990s, 2000s, 2010s and 2020s. It is still given: 116 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Office for National Statistics, Baby names in England and Wales, Open Government Licence v3.0.
In the United States
Peak in 1998: 3,055 births. 147,169 births from 1880 to 2025. A name given steadily, decade after decade, from the 1960s to the 2010s. It really came into use around 1912. It is still given: 4,446 births from 2021 to 2025.
Source: Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names, public domain.
Elsewhere in the world
The name in the birth records of the 10 countries we track. The period covered varies from country to country.
| Country | Births | Period | Best rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Argentina | 6,892 | 2012–2023 | — |
| Switzerland | 4,716* | 1915–2025 | — |
| France | 3,570 | 1900–2025 | — |
| Austria | 552 | 1984–2025 | — |
| Quebec | 546 | 1980–2025 | — |
| Berlin | 95 | 2012–2023 | — |
* These are the people living in the country, counted by year of birth, not the number of births.
Source: RENAPER, Nombres propios en Argentina, CC BY 4.0 (the registry doesn't record sex); Federal Statistical Office, First names of the population by year of birth, free use with attribution; INSEE, Fichier des prénoms, Etalab Open Licence 2.0; Statistik Austria, Vornamen, CC BY 4.0; Retraite Québec, Banque de prénoms, CC BY 4.0; Open Data Berlin, Häufige Vornamen, CC BY 3.0 DE (every name a child carries, not only the first).
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