Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Riki isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Riki through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,626
- 433 boys · 1,193 girls
- Most popular year
- 1981
- 54 babies
- 2025
- 9
- #10,745 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 9 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 10,745 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 14.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 46 in 1981. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,571 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Riki’s family of names
Riki has a related form in Rickie. In Greek usage, Riki is a transliteration of Ρίκη.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Riki
- Riki HarakawaJapanese association football playerborn 1993
- Riki LindhomeAmerican actressborn 1979
- Riki TakasakiJapanese association football playerborn 1970
- Riki MatsudaJapanese association football playerborn 1991
- Riki NakayaJapanese judokaborn 1989
- Riki KitawakiJapanese association football player (1985-)
- Riki TakagiJapanese association football player and managerborn 1978
- Ni-KiJapanese singer and rapperborn 2005
- Riki TakeuchiJapanese actor-singerborn 1964
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Riki, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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1% boys · 99% girls
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>99% girls
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>99% girls
Renatta
>99% girls
Nikki
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1% boys · 99% girls
Kristy
“follower of Christ”
>99% girls