Ric
Last seen for boys in 2012 at #8,864
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 55 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,270since 1942
Ric over time
Rank among boys' names. Ric has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
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| 2012 | #8,864 | 8 |
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| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #9,112 | 6 |
| 1999 | #6,042 | 10 |
| 1998 | #6,314 | 9 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #5,109 | 11 |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #6,128 | 8 |
| 1991 | #4,231 | 13 |
| 1990 | #5,382 | 9 |
| 1989 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | #1,909 | 34 |
| 1987 | #2,468 | 22 |
| 1986 | #2,684 | 19 |
| 1985 | #2,942 | 16 |
| 1984 | #2,824 | 16 |
| 1983 | #2,577 | 18 |
| 1982 | #5,003 | 7 |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #3,098 | 14 |
| 1979 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | #3,070 | 13 |
| 1977 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #1,862 | 23 |
| 1970 | #1,743 | 25 |
| 1969 | #1,396 | 33 |
| 1968 | #1,544 | 26 |
| 1967 | #1,609 | 23 |
| 1966 | #1,401 | 30 |
| 1965 | #1,144 | 43 |
| 1964 | #1,545 | 26 |
| 1963 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1962 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #1,156 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,273 | 38 |
| 1959 | #1,129 | 47 |
| 1958 | #1,026 | 55 |
| 1957 | #1,250 | 39 |
| 1956 | #1,203 | 40 |
| 1955 | #1,154 | 42 |
| 1954 | #1,137 | 43 |
| 1953 | #1,508 | 25 |
| 1952 | #1,195 | 38 |
| 1951 | #1,195 | 37 |
| 1950 | #1,657 | 20 |
| 1949 | #1,544 | 23 |
| 1948 | #1,758 | 18 |
| 1947 | #1,646 | 21 |
| 1946 | #1,601 | 20 |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Ric! It came in at #3,212, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2002, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ric
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2012
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1958 at #1,026 (55 births)
- Births halved by 1964, 6 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 38,589 boys born in 1958 were named Ric (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 237,118 boys born in 2012 (0.00%)
- 30.4% of all boys named Ric (386) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 114 | #1,544 (1949) | #2,211 |
| 1950s | 386 | #1,026 (1958) | #1,245 |
| 1960s | 329 | #1,144 (1965) | #1,383 |
| 1970s | 151 | #1,743 (1970) | #2,767 |
| 1980s | 166 | #1,909 (1988) | #3,248 |
| 1990s | 87 | #4,231 (1991) | #6,283 |
| 2000s | 29 | #6,935 (2001) | #8,457 |
| 2010s | 8 | #8,864 (2012) | #8,864 |
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.
Ric in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 47,413 of them was named Ric, which outranked 73.9% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,122Rhett44
- #1,122Stafford44
- #1,122Webster44
- #1,137Ric43
- #1,137Blaise43
- #1,137Buck43
- #1,137Dann43
- #1,151Alec42
- #1,151Allison42
- #1,151Asa42
Tied with 13 names at #1,137; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.