Ricky is a primarily male given name in English and Spanish-speaking countries, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Richard, Frederick, Derrick, Roderick, Enrique, Patrick, Ricardo, Erica or Eric.
- Ricky (musician), Japanese singer and musician
- Ricky Allen (1935–2005), American blues singer
- Ricky Anderson (American football) (born 1963), American football player
- Ricky Anggawijaya (born 1996), Indonesian swimmer
- Ricky Banderas (born 1975), Puerto Rican wrestler
- Ricky Barham (born 1958), Australian rules football player
- Ricky Bell (disambiguation), multiple people
- Ricky Blaze (born 1988), American DJ, producer, singer, and songwriter
- Ricky Blitt, American screenwriter, producer, show creator and voice actor
- Ricky Bruch (1946–2011), Swedish discus thrower and Olympian athlete, actor
- Ricky Carmichael (born 1979), American car racer
- Ricky Churchman (born 1958), American football player
- Ricky Cooke (born 1969), Australian racewalker
- Ricky Davao (born 1961), Filipino actor and director
- Ricky Davis (born 1979), American basketball player
- Ricky Evans (darts player) (born 1990), English professional darts player
- Ricky Fataar (born 1952), South African musician, multi-instrumentalist
- Ricky Fuji (born 1965), Japanese professional wrestler
- Ricky Gervais (born 1961), English comedian, actor, writer, producer, director, singer, and musician
- Ricky Glenn (born 1989), American mixed martial artist
- Ricky Green (disambiguation), several people
- Ricky Groves (born 1968), English actor
- Ricky Harun (born 1987), Indonesian actor
- Ricky Hatton (born 1978), English professional boxer, promoter
- Ricky Hendrick (1980–2004), American race car driver
- Ricky Hill (born 1959), English former football player, manager and head coach
- Ricky Hill (politician), American politician and banker
- Ricky Hui (1946–2011), Hong Kong film actor
- Ricky Hunter (1936–2022), Canadian professional wrestler
- Ricky Kasso (1967–1984), American killer
- Ricky Kim (born 1981), American model and actor
- Ricky Kling (born 1987), Swedish speedway rider
- Ricky Lee (American football) (born 1999), American football player
- Ricky Lumpkin (born 1988), American football player
- Ricky Martin (born 1971), Puerto Rican pop musician, actor
- Ricky Marvin (born 1980), Mexican second-generation professional wrestler
- Ricky Meléndez (born 1967), Puerto Rican singer
- Ricky Morton (born 1956), American professional wrestler
- Ricky Nelson (1940–1985), American actor, musician and singer-songwriter
- Ricky Owubokiri (born 1961), Nigerian footballer
- Ricky Pearsall (born 2000), American football player
- Ricky Peters (born 1955), American baseball player
- Ricky Person Jr. (born 1999), American football player
- Ricky Pierce (born 1959), American basketball player
- Ricky Ponting (born 1974), Australian Cricketer
- Ricky Reel (died 1997), British computer science student at Brunel University
- Ricky Reyes (born 1978), Mexican–Puerto Rican wrestler
- Ricky Rice (born 1951), American retired professional wrestler
- Ricky Rich, Swedish rapper
- Ricky Rickard (born 1958), New Zealand wrestler
- Ricky Rodriguez (1975–2005), American member of a religious cult called The Family
- Ricky Rubio (born 1990), Spanish basketball player
- Ricky Santana (born 1958), American retired professional wrestler
- Ricky Van Shelton (born 1952), American country music singer
- Ricky Schroder (born 1970), American actor and filmmaker
- Ricky Schroeder (rugby union) (born 1991), South African former rugby union player
- Ricky Shen, Chinese singer, member of South Korean band Zerobaseone
- Ricky Stenhouse Jr. (born 1987), American race car driver
- Ricky Stromberg (born 2000), American football player
- Ricky Tognazzi (born 1955), Italian film actor and director
- Ricky Ullman (born 1986), Israeli-American actor and musician
- Ricky Valance (1936–2020), Welsh singer
- Ricky Vaughan (born 1960), American retired professional wrestler
- Ricky Walker (born 1996), American football player
- Ricky Wilde (born 1961), British songwriter, musician, record producer
- Ricky Wilson (American musician) (1953–1985), American instrumentalist and singer-songwriter
- Ricky Wilson (British musician) (born 1978), lead singer of English band Kaiser Chiefs
- Ricky Wright (ring announcer) (born 1986), British boxing and mixed martial arts ring announcer
- Ricky Yang, Indonesian pool player
- Ricky (沈泉锐) (born 2004), Chinese singer, dancer, member of k-pop group Zerobaseone
Fictional characters
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- Ricky in Riki-Oh or The Story of Ricky, a manga, an anime series and a live-action film
- Ricky in Ricky, a 2009 fantasy film
- Ricky Baker, portrayed by Morris Chestnut in the 1991 film, Boyz n the Hood
- Ricky Bobby, protagonist in Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby
- Richard "Ricky" Chapman/Caldwell, minor protagonist and later antagonist of the Silent Night, Deadly Night series
- Ricky King in Honey, We Shrunk Ourselves
- Ricky LaFleur (Trailer Park Boys character)
- Ricky Lang, a character in the 1983 superhero movie Superman III
- Ricky Matsui, a character in the actual play series Dimension 20
- Ricky Ricardo, male protagonist in the TV series I Love Lucy
- Ricky Ricotta, protagonist in the book series Ricky Ricotta's Mighty Robot
- Ricky Rapper, protagonist in Finnish books and comic strips series
- Richard Bluedhorn "Rick" or "Ricky" Stratton, the main character in the American TV sitcom Silver Spoons
- Ricky Taylor, a character in the 2008 British slasher movie Eden Lake
- Ricky Wasserman, a character in the 2015 American comedy-drama movie The Diary of a Teenage Girl
- Ricky "Zigzag" in the novel Holes and its film adaptation