Baby name
CLASSIC
🇩🇪 🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Rick
/RIK/
Meaning
“Power”
Short form of Richard, from Germanic ric (power) and hard (strong); punchy and direct, it became a standalone name in mid-century America, shedding the formality of its root.
Nicknames
richard · ricky
Vibe
strongplayful
How it ages.
Peaked in mid-20th century America; feels solidly Baby Boomer, unlikely to revive as a given name.
The cultural moment.
Top 100 in the US from the 1940s through the 1970s; now used primarily by its existing generation.