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I'm not a fan of this name. I'd much rather Richard, Rick, or even Ricky to Rickson.

Apparently, Rickson is a real surname, albeit not very common: https://surnames.behindthename.com/name/rickson/top

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I'd be willing to bet this was more like a riff on Jackson in honor of someone named Rick, though, than explicitly adopting the surname Rickson as a first name.

Rixon would be slightly better, but still awful.

Don't like it at all

I would have assumed it was spelled Rixon and been pretty unsurprised, and slightly relieved that it wasn't Nixon. Just another surname name.
Rickson, if it's spelled like that - well, I'm not really sure how it's very different from Jackson. Or Wilson, Jameson, Harrison. Except that "Rick" is kind of in the right relation to name-fashion right now, that it sounds like it could have a literal meaning.
I googled it, and it's the first name of a Brazilian jiu jitsu master. Wikipedia says his brothers' names are Rorion and Relson, and he has half-brothers named Rolker, Royce, and Robin.

If you want to honor Richard, go with Dixon. Rickson is awkward.

That's an eye roller.

It's not for me. I'm kind of used to Jackson, but Rickson is strange to me. It sound a little harsh as well. I would have gone with Richard personally.