# Ricardo name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/ricardo
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Ricardo ranked #380 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #375.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #380
- Birth count: 833
- Rate per 10,000: 4.88

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Ricardo
- Rank: #375
- Birth count: 849
- Rate per 10,000: 4.97
- Official count multiplier: 1.02x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.03
- Expected per school of 300: 0.08
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 2.5%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1998
- Best rank year: 1980
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 31.0%

## Spelling components
- Ricardo: 833 births
- Riccardo: 16 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology