Ricardo

given name · Latin script

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

Ricardo 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. In Portuguese, recorded as a male given name, equivalent to English Richard.

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 Ricardo 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

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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)

4 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Richard in US United States, GB United Kingdom, CA Canada and 3 more.

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)

A male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Richard.

Sources 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

How Ricardo is read(measured from records)

Ricardo is one spelling over 3 language communities, and the dictionaries record it differently in 2 of them. Each row is what a source recorded for that language, beside the share of this name’s records the language holds. No single row is the name’s meaning.

  • Spanish61%

    No dictionary in our sources glosses Ricardo in Spanish.

  • Portuguese19%

    a male given name, equivalent to English Richard

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    Amsterdam, Curaçao, London, England, Venezuela

    as a nameDicionario Sefaradi De SobrenomesDictionary Of Sephardic Surnames Inclusive Cristaos-Novos, Conversos, Marranos, Italianos,…

  • English11%

    A male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Richard.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

    David, British economist

    as a namePronouncing Dictionary of Proper Names

The share is ours — how much of this name’s records each language holds. The sense beside it is the source’s, quoted and credited, including where it names a gender. We do not publish a gender of our own per language: our records carry one figure for the spelling as a whole.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Ricardo 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 Ricardo 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; the pt-irn-lista-nomes register. 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).

Other names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Ricardo is also recorded as 6 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • English given name25 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Philippines, United Kingdom, Germany

    Languages: English, German, Dutch

    Also written 'Ricardo, Ricardo', Ricårdo, Rïcardo, Rîçârdô

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Rícardo

  • French given name24 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, Belgium, Spain

    Languages: French, Catalan

    Also written Ricãrdõ, Ŕicardo, Rïcàrdô, Ricàrdo, Rìcardó

  • Russian given name45 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Spain, Russia, Croatia

    Languages: Russian, Polish, Croatian

    Also written Рикардо, Rikardo, Riccardo, Рікардо, Ричардо

  • Indonesian given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, Philippines, United States, Peru

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay

    Also written Ricàrdö, Rícardó

  • Lao given name49 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Laos, Germany, Italy, United States

    Languages: Lao, German, Thai

    Also written Riccardo, ริคาร์โด, Richardo, ริคาร์โด้, Rícárdó

82 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses(measured from records)

Ricardo is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Swedish, Ricardo (Riccardo) är italienska, portugisiska och spanska former av → Richard.

    as a nameFörnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

  • In French, Forme hispanique de Richard; germanique ric- + hard- « puissant, fort ».

    as a nameDictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

190019201940196019802000Pablo Neruda, b. 1904Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, b. 1920Raúl Alfonsín, b. 1927Ricardo Lagos, b. 1938Ricardo Martinelli, b. 1952Ricardo, b. 1976Ricardo Carvalho, b. 1978Ricardo Costa, b. 1981Kaká, b. 1982Ricardo Quaresma, b. 1983
  • Pablo Nerudab. 1904CLnot in their usual nameChilean poet and politician (1904-1973)
  • Javier Pérez de Cuéllarb. 1920PEnot in their usual name5th Secretary-General of the United Nations (1920-2020)
  • Raúl Alfonsínb. 1927ARnot in their usual nameArgentine politician
  • Ricardo Lagosb. 1938CLChilean politician, president of Chile from 2000 to 2006
  • Ricardo Martinellib. 1952PA36th president of Panama from 2009 to 2014
  • Ricardob. 1976PTPortuguese footballer and coach
  • Ricardo Carvalhob. 1978PTPortuguese footballer
  • Ricardo Costab. 1981PTPortuguese footballer
  • Kakáb. 1982BRnot in their usual nameBrazilian association football player (born 1982)
  • Ricardo Quaresmab. 1983PTPortuguese association football player (born 1983)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 120 sources across 58 countries.

Official registers attesting Ricardo
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
BR BrazilIBGE — Nomes (census name API)—470K#79
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022430K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—428K#62
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020190K#293
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)20204.4K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—1.6K#62
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025833—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020354#293
CA CanadaStatistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01)202414—
CA CanadaAlberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender20241#2,319
PT PortugalIRN — Lista de Nomes Próprios admitidos———

Reference works 7

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Ricardo mean?
In Portuguese, a male given name, equivalent to English Richard
Where does the name Ricardo come from?
A male given name from Portuguese or Spanish, equivalent to English Richard. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
In which country does Ricardo 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.
What are other forms of the name Ricardo?
In the etymology graph, Richard, Rick and Ricky are forms of the same name in other languages.
Is Ricardo a male or female name?
Ricardo 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.
How common is the name Ricardo?
In Brazil, the national register counted 429,575 people named Ricardo in 2022, about 1 in 493 residents.
How common is Ricardo compared with other names?
In the United States, Ricardo 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, “Ricardo” — the 9th most common given name in United States. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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