Rícardo

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Rícardo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country, where it is the 9th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Borrowed from Old High German Rīcohard, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīkahard, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz.

rarermore common
  • PTPortugal≈1 in 92(inferred from the name graph)
  • BRBrazil1 in 493
  • GBUnited Kingdom≈1 in 105as Richard

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Rícardo itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

1,575,998 named Richard, 2020

#25 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

8 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
702 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 92 (inferred from the name graph)

Portugal, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Name dossier (print, CSV)

Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

RichardLatin(measured from records)
РичардCyrillic(measured from records)
ריצ'רדHebrew(measured from records)
রিচার্ডBengali(measured from records)
რიჩარდGeorgian(measured from records)
리처드Hangul(measured from records)
ΡικάρντοGreek(measured from records)
ରଚାରଡOdia(measured from records)

5 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Richard in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 3 more and Ricardo in BR Brazil, PT Portugal.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin(measured from records)

Derivation of Rícardo: each step is the form the one above it came from.
Rícardo
  1. Old High GermanRīcohard(measured from records)
  2. Proto-West Germanic*Rīkahard(measured from records)
  3. Proto-Germanic*Rīkaharduz(measured from records)

Borrowed from Old High German Rīcohard, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīkahard, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz.

Sources 7

  • A concise dictionary of first names
  • DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Wiktionary
  • Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

Attested across 27 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Rícardo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Rícardo is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States#91,575,998as Richard1 in 2111.6MRichard702
GB United Kingdom#9≈630,000 est.≈1 in 1053.8KRichard469
BR Brazil#29429,5751 in 493470KRicardo287
PH Philippines#7≈380,000 est.≈1 in 290—Richard195
CA Canada#9≈270,000 est.≈1 in 13917Richard355
PT Portugal#13≈110,000 est.≈1 in 92listedRicardo258
NZ New Zealand#8≈45,000 est.≈1 in 108—Richard227
IE Ireland#7≈43,000 est.≈1 in 120—Richard183

1,575,998 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Evidence(measured from records)

No register attests this spelling yet

None of the official registers or reference works in our corpus lists Rícardo under this spelling. The statistics on this page rest on person records, and the related names are inferred from the name graph.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Rícardo mean, and where does it come from?
Borrowed from Old High German Rīcohard, from Proto-West Germanic *Rīkahard, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names and DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen and 5 other sources.
Is Rícardo a male or female name?
Rícardo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
In which country does Rícardo have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 1.6 million people named Richard, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Rícardo?
In Brazil, the national register counted 429,575 people named Rícardo in 2022, about 1 in 493 residents.
How common is Rícardo compared with other names?
In the United States, Rícardo is the 9th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Rícardo” — the 9th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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