Riccardo is a boy's name of Italian origin meaning “Powerful Leader.” In 2024 it was given to 12 boys in the United States.
Riccardo belongs to the Italian tradition. Its meaning — “Powerful Leader” — is the sense carried by its Italian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Riccardo first appears in Social Security records in 1913. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1356 in 1954, and in 2024 12 babies received the name — 1,560 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Riccardo means “Powerful Leader” in its Italian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Riccardo is a boy name. In 2024, 12 babies received the name in the US.
Riccardo comes from the Italian tradition.
Riccardo first appears in US records in 1913. Its best-ever ranking was #1356 in 1954, and 12 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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