How popular is the baby name Ricardo in the United States right now? How popular was it historically? Find out using the graph below! Plus, check out all the blog posts that mention the name Ricardo.
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Mexico, the 10th-most-populated country in the world, is located in the southern part of North America.
In 2021, Mexico welcomed 1,912,178 babies. What were the most popular names among these babies? Sofia and Santiago.
Here are Mexico’s top 50 girl names and top 50 boy names of 2021:
Girl Names
Sofia, 6,552 baby girls
Maria Jose, 6,019
Valentina, 5,671
Regina, 5,556
Camila, 5,255
Valeria, 3,890
Ximena, 3,794
Maria Fernanda, 3,779
Victoria, 3,622
Renata, 3,495
Romina, 3,447
Isabella, 3,199
Natalia, 3,036
Daniela, 3,012
Ana Sofia, 2,790
Alexa, 2,528
Fernanda, 2,515
Maria Guadalupe, 2,468
Samantha, 2,322
Andrea, 2,275
Aitana, 2,208
Emily, 2,133
Melissa, 2,107
Guadalupe, 2,030
Elizabeth, 2,002
Mariana, 1,828
Yamileth, 1,730 – a Latin American variant of the Arabic name Jamila
Danna Sofia, 1,696
Ana Victoria, 1,644
Ana Paula, 1,620
Alejandra, 1,581
Fatima, 1,565
Abigail, 1,560
Julieta, 1,543
Evelyn, 1,540
Esmeralda, 1,407
Luciana, 1,395
Lucia, 1,299
Estefania, 1,260
Maria, 1,244
Jimena, 1,227
Vanessa, 1,215
Ivanna, 1,201
Dayana, 1,197
Kimberly, 1,142
Angela, 1,122
Samara, 1,113
Carolina, 1,102
Emma, 1,098
Miranda, 1,096
Boy Names
Santiago, 9,963 baby boys
Mateo, 8,209
Sebastian, 6,381
Leonardo, 5,784
Matias, 4,708
Emiliano, 4,541
Daniel, 4,133
Gael, 4,024
Miguel Angel, 4,019
Diego, 4,014
Alexander, 3,644
Alejandro, 3,640
Jesus, 3,179
Angel, 2,928
David, 2,866
Tadeo, 2,795 – the Spanish form of Thaddeus
Fernando, 2,676
Luis Angel, 2,632
Rodrigo, 2,533
Jose Angel, 2,442
Maximiliano, 2,411
Jose Luis, 2,374
Gabriel, 2,365
Eduardo, 2,357
Emmanuel, 2,344
Dylan, 2,325
Rafael, 2,142
Juan Pablo, 2,080
Samuel, 2,066
Juan Carlos, 2,052
Jose Manuel, 2,046
Nicolas, 1,989
Isaac, 1,972
Leonel, 1,966
Elias, 1,940
Damian, 1,899
Liam, 1,880
Axel, 1,850
Emilio, 1,822
Ricardo, 1,778
Adrian, 1,770
Jose Miguel, 1,739
Jonathan, 1,710
Carlos, 1,689
Antonio, 1,680
Francisco, 1,678
Javier, 1,675
Alexis, 1,672
Alan, 1,657
Miguel, 1,636
The girls’ top 100 included Dulce Maria (51st), Aylin (58th), Itzayana (67th), and Lucero (93rd).
The boys’ top 100 included Juan (56th), Abraham (66th), Erick (83rd), and Brayan (87th).
Compound first names tend to be shortened for everyday use (e.g, “Juan Carlos” into “Juanca”), but few of these shortened forms have evolved into popular legal names, which I find surprising. I didn’t spot any examples on the boys’ side of the rankings, and only a handful — such as Mayte/Maite, short for María Teresa, and Maribel, short for María Isabel — on the girls’ side.
According to Peru’s National Registry of Identification and Civil Status (RENIEC), the most popular baby names in the country last year were Mia and Liam.
Peru released a single set of rankings that combined both genders, so here are Peru’s top 20 baby names overall for 2020:
Liam, 4,179 babies
Thiago, 3,398
Dylan, 3,150
Mia, 2,510
Gael, 2,484
Camila, 1,929
Alessia, 1,856
Luciana, 1,838
Mateo, 1,837
Zoe, 1,530
Ian, 1,458
Luis, 1,374
Valentina, 1,335
Aitana, 1,298
Danna, 1,295
Lucas, 1,248 (tie)
Santiago, 1,248 (tie)
Luana, 1,239
Juan, 1,228
Ariana, 1,213
I haven’t been able to track down Peru’s rankings for 2019, but in 2018 the top two names were the same.
RENIEC regularly tweets about Peru’s unusual baby names, so I can also tell you that, within the last few years, the country has welcomed babies named…
after former Argentine soccer player Ricardo Gareca, who now manages Peru’s national team
Mark Zuckerberg (2)
Bo-derek (1) + Boderek (1)
Bad Bunny
Beethovena
Gremlins
Kardasham
Neilamstrong
Netflix
Philcollins
Pringles
Rafael Nadal
Finally, Peru has put together several cool online booklets (PDFs) highlighting the names and naming practices of various indigenous groups within the country, so here’s a sampling of names from each of the booklets…
Aimara names:
Amuyiri, “thinker”
Iqilla, “flower”
Phuyo, “bird feather”
Qhispi, “quartz, rock crystal, transparent object, mirror”
Thalutari, “calming, lulling”
Asháninkas names:
Chabaka, species of toucan
Kamore, “galaxy, milky way”
Manchori, “herbalist”
Sabaro, species of parrot
Yonamine, “act of looking at you”
Awajún names:
Esámat, “heal the wound”
Nanchíjam, “little bird that eats rice”
Púmpuk, owl species
Tíi, “hard as stone” (implies stoicism)
Úum, “blowgun”
Jaqaru names:
Kukiri, “pigeon, dove”
Nup’i, “the heat that is received from the sun’s rays”
The sitcom I Love Lucy (1951-1957) was TV’s first mega-hit. It won five Emmys and was ranked the #1 TV show in America four out of its six seasons.
The central characters were Lucy and Ricky Ricardo, played by real-life couple Lucille Ball (b. 1911 in New York) and Desiderio “Desi” Arnaz (b. 1917 in Cuba).
Ricky worked as a singer and bandleader at the Tropicana nightclub, while Lucy was a housewife on a quest for show business fame who “concocted hilarious (and ultimately doomed) schemes to finagle her way out of the kitchen and into the limelight.”
Though the show ended in 1957, and a modified version called The Ford Lucille Ball-Desi Arnaz Show kept the characters on the air for several more years.
So did I Love Lucy affect U.S. baby names? Yes, though not as much as one might expect, given its popularity.
Lucy & Lucille Old-fashioned Lucy and Lucille spent most of the 20th century declining in usage. But Lucy saw an increase in 1952, and both names saw increases in 1953. (The most fashionable L-name at that time was #1 Linda.)
Ricky & Ricardo Ricky and Ricardo had been on the rise since the ’40s, but those rises accelerated during the ’50s. One event that certainly helped Ricky was the birth of Little Ricky on a particularly popular episode that aired in January of 1953.
Little Ricky’s birth coincided with the birth of Lucy and Desi’s second child, Desi Arnaz, Jr. In fact, the cover of the very first issue of TV Guide (April, 1953) featured a photo of baby Desi:
First issue of “TV Guide“
(Another Ricky who was on TV in the ’50s was Ricky Nelson, son of Ozzie and Harriet.)
Desi & Arnaz The ’50s is the first decade we see the regular appearance of Desi (pronounced DEH-zee) in the data. Similarly, we first see the surname Arnaz (pronounced ahr-NEZ) in 1958 specifically. Variant spelling Arnez showed up in 1960.
Now it’s your turn: Do you love the name Lucy? Or do you prefer Lucille?
Here are hundreds of baby names that have a numerological value of “5.”
I’ve sub-categorized them by overall totals, because I think that some of the intermediate numbers could have special significance to people as well.
Within each group, I’ve listed up to ten of the most popular “5” names per gender (according to the current U.S. rankings).
Beneath all the names are some ways you could interpret the numerological value of “5,” including descriptions from two different numerological systems.
5 via 14
The following baby names add up to 14, which reduces to five (1+4=5).
“140” boy names: Dontavious, Markanthony, Fitzwilliam, Prometheus
5 via 149
The boy name Montavious adds up to 149, which reduces to five (1+4+9=14; 1+4=5).
What Does “5” Mean?
First, we’ll look at the significance assigned to “5” by two different numerological sources. Second, and more importantly, ask yourself if “5” or any of the intermediate numbers above have any special significance to you.
Numerological Attributes
“5” (the pentad) according to the Pythagoreans:
“They called the pentad ‘lack of strife,’ not only because aether, the fifth element, which is set apart on its own, remains unchanging, while there is strife and change among the things under it, from the moon to the Earth, but also because the primary two different and dissimilar kinds of number, even and odd, are as it were reconciled and knitted together by the pentad”
“The pentad is the first number to encompass the specific identity of all number[s], since it encompasses 2, the first even number, and 3, the first odd number. Hence it is called ‘marriage,’ since it is formed of male and female.”
“The pentad is highly expressive of justice, and justice comprehends all the other virtues […] it is a kind of justice, on the analogy of a weighing instrument.” (i.e., It is the central number in the row of numbers from 1 to 9.)
“Because it levels out inequality, they call it ‘Providence’ and ‘justice’ (division, as it were) […] Likewise, it is called ‘nuptial’ and ‘androgyny’ and ‘demigod’ – the latter not only because it is half of ten, which is divine, but also because in its special diagram it is assigned the central place. And it is called ‘twin’ because it divides in two the decad, which is otherwise indivisible […] and ‘heart-like’ because of the analogy of the heart being assigned the center in living creatures.”
“Nature separated each of the extremities of our bodily part (I mean, the extremities of our feet and hands) in a five-fold way, into fingers and toes.”
“5” according to Edgar Cayce:
“Five – a change imminent, ever, in the activities of whatever influence with which it may be associated” (reading 261-14).
“Five – as seen, a change” (reading 5751-1).
“Five always active – and double the two, and one – or three and two, which it is the sum of. Hence, as is questioned here, no factor is more active than would be that of a five…in any activity. Five being the active number” (reading 137-119).
Personal/Cultural Significance
Does “5” — or do any of the other numbers above (e.g., 23, 50, 77, 131) — have any special significance to you?
Think about your own preferences and personal experiences: lucky numbers, birth dates, music, sports, and so on. Maybe you like how “23” reminds you of chromosomes and genetics, for example.
Also think about associations you may have picked up from your culture, your religion, or society in general.
If you have any interesting insights about the number 5, or any of the other numbers above, please leave a comment!
Source: Theologumena Arithmeticae, attributed to Iamblichus (c.250-c.330).
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