Rickey comes from the Germanic tradition, meaning Brave ruler, strong ruler.
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How popular is Rickey?
1958peak year
Today, Rickey is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #2251), with only about 66 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1958, 3,782 babies were given the name (ranked #106 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1950s. Rickey has been declining in recent years. In all, around 62,340 babies have been registered as Rickey since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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