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.
Where Dick is popular in 1931
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#31 · 1 in 138
- Oregon#33 · 1 in 150
- Wyoming#48 · 1 in 173
- Montana#53 · 1 in 212
- Nebraska#57 · 1 in 227
Best ever in a state: #22 in Oregon, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Washington | #31 | 67 | 1 in 138 |
| Oregon | #33 | 36 | 1 in 150 |
| Wyoming | #48 | 9 | 1 in 173 |
| Montana | #53 | 18 | 1 in 212 |
| Nebraska | #57 | 50 | 1 in 227 |
| California | #58 | 115 | 1 in 316 |
| Iowa | #64 | 70 | 1 in 271 |
| Utah | #72 | 17 | 1 in 278 |
| Indiana | #83 | 54 | 1 in 442 |
| South Dakota | #92 | 16 | 1 in 348 |
| Colorado | #94 | 20 | 1 in 424 |
| Ohio | #99 | 77 | 1 in 623 |
| Michigan | #103 | 63 | 1 in 618 |
| Illinois | #113 | 73 | 1 in 738 |
| Idaho | #118 | 7 | 1 in 491 |
| Oklahoma | #127 | 32 | 1 in 676 |
| Wisconsin | #129 | 28 | 1 in 841 |
| Kansas | #138 | 20 | 1 in 718 |
| Arizona | #141 | 7 | 1 in 580 |
| Minnesota | #142 | 20 | 1 in 996 |
| North Dakota | #142 | 8 | 1 in 730 |
| Missouri | #173 | 22 | 1 in 1,235 |
| Pennsylvania | #191 | 33 | 1 in 2,317 |
| Florida | #221 | 7 | 1 in 1,606 |
| New Jersey | #231 | 7 | 1 in 3,874 |
| Texas | #279 | 31 | 1 in 1,781 |
| New York | #280 | 21 | 1 in 4,295 |
| West Virginia | #294 | 6 | 1 in 2,699 |
| Virginia | #321 | 6 | 1 in 3,516 |
| Tennessee | #346 | 6 | 1 in 4,054 |
| Arkansas | #352 | 5 | 1 in 3,278 |
| Kentucky | #377 | 6 | 1 in 4,124 |
| North Carolina | #485 | 5 | 1 in 6,325 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Louisiana | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Maryland | — | — | — |
| Massachusetts | — | — | — |
| Mississippi | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| New Hampshire | — | — | — |
| New Mexico | — | — | — |
| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1931
Top girls' names in 1931
Top boys' names in 1931
More about 1931
girls
1,064,728 girls got a published name in 1931; 1 in 177,455 of them was named Dick, which outranked 22.7% of the 4,979 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,497Yolonda7
- #3,497Zela7
- #3,497Zenora7
- #3,848Dick6
- #3,848Adabelle6
- #3,848Adair6
- #3,848Addis6
- #4,331Adalene5
- #4,331Adean5
- #4,331Adelma5
Tied with 482 names at #3,848; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,039,665 boys got a published name in 1931; 1 in 1,048 of them was named Dick, which outranked 96.5% of the 4,321 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.