Dick
Last seen for girls in 1933 at #4,218 · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 1,131 births
- Debut · boys
- 25 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 29,273since 1880
Dick over time
Rank among boys' names. Dick has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | — | ||
| 2022 | — | — | ||
| 2021 | — | — | ||
| 2020 | — | — | ||
| 2019 | — | — | ||
| 2018 | — | — | ||
| 2017 | — | — | ||
| 2016 | — | — | ||
| 2015 | — | — | ||
| 2014 | — | — | ||
| 2013 | — | — | ||
| 2012 | — | — | ||
| 2011 | — | — | ||
| 2010 | — | — | ||
| 2009 | — | — | ||
| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,444 | 20 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,205 | 21 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,177 | 21 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,001 | 23 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,520 | 33 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,435 | 35 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,603 | 29 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,378 | 38 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,142 | 52 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,017 | 57 | |
| 1968 | — | #920 | 62 | |
| 1967 | — | #832 | 74 | |
| 1966 | — | #895 | 65 | |
| 1965 | — | #745 | 99 | |
| 1964 | — | #737 | 109 | |
| 1963 | — | #682 | 129 | |
| 1962 | — | #632 | 148 | |
| 1961 | — | #588 | 181 | |
| 1960 | — | #571 | 186 | |
| 1959 | — | #531 | 219 | |
| 1958 | — | #504 | 234 | |
| 1957 | — | #545 | 201 | |
| 1956 | — | #547 | 192 | |
| 1955 | — | #548 | 182 | |
| 1954 | — | #569 | 167 | |
| 1953 | — | #477 | 215 | |
| 1952 | — | #473 | 215 | |
| 1951 | — | #432 | 246 | |
| 1950 | — | #411 | 269 | |
| 1949 | — | #368 | 340 | |
| 1948 | — | #286 | 552 | |
| 1947 | — | #234 | 755 | |
| 1946 | — | #207 | 828 | |
| 1945 | — | #196 | 758 | |
| 1944 | — | #190 | 808 | |
| 1943 | — | #188 | 855 | |
| 1942 | — | #183 | 862 | |
| 1941 | — | #171 | 893 | |
| 1940 | — | #171 | 911 | |
| 1939 | — | #168 | 877 | |
| 1938 | — | #165 | 936 | |
| 1937 | — | #153 | 1,008 | |
| 1936 | — | #141 | 1,088 | |
| 1935 | — | #142 | 1,093 | |
| 1934 | — | #138 | 1,131 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #144 | 1,045 |
| 1932 | — | #149 | 1,053 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #152 | 992 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #161 | 940 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #168 | 842 |
| 1928 | — | #172 | 834 | |
| 1927 | — | #186 | 775 | |
| 1926 | — | #209 | 650 | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #233 | 564 |
| 1924 | — | #272 | 442 | |
| 1923 | — | #301 | 350 | |
| 1922 | — | #298 | 363 | |
| 1921 | — | #309 | 349 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #320 | 329 |
| 1919 | — | #346 | 269 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #371 | 251 |
| 1917 | — | #380 | 220 | |
| 1916 | — | #368 | 221 | |
| 1915 | — | #417 | 167 | |
| 1914 | — | #422 | 129 | |
| 1913 | — | #442 | 94 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #446 | 77 |
| 1911 | — | #481 | 37 | |
| 1910 | — | #353 | 52 | |
| 1909 | — | #344 | 46 | |
| 1908 | — | #403 | 34 | |
| 1907 | — | #359 | 38 | |
| 1906 | — | #378 | 32 | |
| 1905 | — | #337 | 36 | |
| 1904 | — | #431 | 24 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #331 | 35 | |
| 1901 | — | #407 | 21 | |
| 1900 | — | #312 | 45 | |
| 1899 | — | #322 | 30 | |
| 1898 | — | #360 | 29 | |
| 1897 | — | #392 | 23 | |
| 1896 | — | #367 | 27 | |
| 1895 | — | #414 | 22 | |
| 1894 | — | #367 | 25 | |
| 1893 | — | #401 | 20 | |
| 1892 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1891 | — | #411 | 18 | |
| 1890 | — | #312 | 31 | |
| 1889 | — | #379 | 22 | |
| 1888 | — | #353 | 27 | |
| 1887 | — | #321 | 27 | |
| 1886 | — | #357 | 23 | |
| 1885 | — | #327 | 27 | |
| 1884 | — | #284 | 37 | |
| 1883 | — | #337 | 24 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #375 | 20 | |
| 1880 | — | #341 | 25 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dick was already there! It came in at #341, and was given to 25 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1988, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Dick
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 152 spots in 1883 (#489 → #337)
- Biggest drop: 174 spots in 1903 (#331 → #505)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1934 at #138 (1,131 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
- Highest: 1 in 913 boys born in 1934 were named Dick (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 399,461 boys born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 34.7% of all boys named Dick (10,163) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 246 | #284 (1884) | #356 |
| 1890s | 249 | #312 (1890) | #373 |
| 1900s | 329 | #312 (1900) | #381 |
| 1910s | 1,517 | #346 (1919) | #403 |
| 1920s | 5,498 | #168 (1929) | #247 |
| 1930s | 10,163 | #138 (1934) | #151 |
| 1940s | 7,562 | #171 (1940) | #219 |
| 1950s | 2,140 | #411 (1950) | #504 |
| 1960s | 1,110 | #571 (1960) | #762 |
| 1970s | 288 | #1,142 (1970) | #1,849 |
| 1980s | 121 | #2,444 (1980) | #3,508 |
| 1990s | 33 | #4,993 (1990) | #7,326 |
| 2000s | 17 | #9,112 (2000) | #9,992 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Dick in 1930
Top girls' names in 1930
Top boys' names in 1930
More about 1930
girls
1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 187,655 of them was named Dick, which outranked 22.9% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 1,167 of them was named Dick, which outranked 96.5% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.