Richard
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · #234 for boys in 2025, 1,505 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1946 · 58,870 births
- Debut · boys
- 728 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 127 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,577,552since 1880
Richard over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #234 | 1,505 | |
| 2024 | — | #233 | 1,544 | |
| 2023 | — | #221 | 1,645 | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 | #219 | 1,688 |
| 2021 | — | #216 | 1,783 | |
| 2020 | — | #208 | 1,828 | |
| 2019 | — | #197 | 1,990 | |
| 2018 | — | #187 | 2,138 | |
| 2017 | — | #174 | 2,286 | |
| 2016 | — | #160 | 2,525 | |
| 2015 | — | #155 | 2,688 | |
| 2014 | — | #141 | 2,888 | |
| 2013 | — | #140 | 2,800 | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #123 | 3,029 |
| 2011 | — | #127 | 3,165 | |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #125 | 3,238 |
| 2009 | #13,704 | 7 | #114 | 3,612 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 | #108 | 4,060 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 | #101 | 4,425 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | #99 | 4,469 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #94 | 4,667 |
| 2004 | #5,377 | 23 | #92 | 4,848 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | #86 | 5,054 |
| 2002 | #8,837 | 11 | #77 | 5,322 |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 | #73 | 5,771 |
| 2000 | #8,534 | 11 | #65 | 6,354 |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #61 | 6,502 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #55 | 6,954 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #51 | 7,243 |
| 1996 | #3,723 | 29 | #45 | 8,182 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | #42 | 8,784 |
| 1994 | #3,168 | 36 | #41 | 9,516 |
| 1993 | #3,776 | 28 | #40 | 10,230 |
| 1992 | #3,419 | 32 | #41 | 11,332 |
| 1991 | #2,320 | 55 | #34 | 12,553 |
| 1990 | #2,317 | 54 | #35 | 13,580 |
| 1989 | #1,898 | 69 | #33 | 14,133 |
| 1988 | #1,300 | 111 | #32 | 14,144 |
| 1987 | #1,267 | 111 | #30 | 14,401 |
| 1986 | #1,163 | 122 | #29 | 15,014 |
| 1985 | #1,204 | 116 | #28 | 15,330 |
| 1984 | #1,225 | 106 | #27 | 15,607 |
| 1983 | #1,084 | 127 | #27 | 15,888 |
| 1982 | #1,079 | 132 | #27 | 16,717 |
| 1981 | #1,158 | 115 | #27 | 16,855 |
| 1980 | #1,125 | 121 | #26 | 16,656 |
| 1979 | #1,104 | 123 | #25 | 16,713 |
| 1978 | #1,281 | 95 | #21 | 16,734 |
| 1977 | #1,023 | 131 | #20 | 17,442 |
| 1976 | #992 | 128 | #19 | 16,752 |
| 1975 | #959 | 130 | #16 | 17,687 |
| 1974 | #1,218 | 90 | #17 | 18,636 |
| 1973 | #904 | 138 | #16 | 19,942 |
| 1972 | #904 | 138 | #14 | 22,302 |
| 1971 | #909 | 144 | #11 | 26,154 |
| 1970 | #844 | 160 | #10 | 30,442 |
| 1969 | #774 | 173 | #10 | 31,085 |
| 1968 | #783 | 163 | #8 | 32,976 |
| 1967 | #763 | 166 | #8 | 33,585 |
| 1966 | #826 | 145 | #8 | 34,457 |
| 1965 | #862 | 134 | #8 | 36,817 |
| 1964 | #890 | 136 | #8 | 40,098 |
| 1963 | #843 | 154 | #8 | 40,772 |
| 1962 | #893 | 140 | #8 | 39,422 |
| 1961 | #947 | 130 | #8 | 41,142 |
| 1960 | #961 | 124 | #8 | 43,553 |
| 1959 | #918 | 130 | #8 | 47,202 |
| 1958 | #951 | 118 | #8 | 50,007 |
| 1957 | #951 | 117 | #8 | 52,446 |
| 1956 | #879 | 128 | #7 | 52,915 |
| 1955 | #873 | 124 | #7 | 53,566 |
| 1954 | #952 | 103 | #7 | 57,042 |
| 1953 | #795 | 134 | #7 | 58,389 |
| 1952 | #902 | 105 | #7 | 58,350 |
| 1951 | #957 | 94 | #7 | 54,541 |
| 1950 | #909 | 96 | #7 | 51,003 |
| 1949 | #813 | 115 | #7 | 50,946 |
| 1948 | #785 | 120 | #7 | 50,970 |
| 1947 | #706 | 144 | #5 | 58,532 |
| 1946 | #743 | 120 | #5 | 58,870 |
| 1945 | #722 | 106 | #5 | 46,046 |
| 1944 | #774 | 97 | #5 | 45,643 |
| 1943 | #699 | 119 | #5 | 46,339 |
| 1942 | #663 | 127 | #5 | 43,593 |
| 1941 | #647 | 120 | #5 | 39,112 |
| 1940 | #665 | 108 | #5 | 37,425 |
| 1939 | #655 | 107 | #5 | 35,386 |
| 1938 | #618 | 121 | #5 | 34,385 |
| 1937 | #624 | 118 | #5 | 32,975 |
| 1936 | #666 | 98 | #5 | 33,494 |
| 1935 | #565 | 128 | #5 | 33,946 |
| 1934 | #564 | 129 | #5 | 33,167 |
| 1933 | #569 | 126 | #5 | 31,331 |
| 1932 | #557 | 138 | #5 | 31,809 |
| 1931 | #538 | 151 | #5 | 31,822 |
| 1930 | #530 | 164 | #5 | 32,187 |
| 1929 | #476 | 200 | #6 | 29,572 |
| 1928 | #482 | 201 | #6 | 28,793 |
| 1927 | #559 | 161 | #6 | 26,768 |
| 1926 | #662 | 119 | #7 | 25,143 |
| 1925 | #712 | 107 | #8 | 23,269 |
| 1924 | #768 | 94 | #8 | 21,244 |
| 1923 | #828 | 78 | #9 | 18,887 |
| 1922 | #845 | 75 | #9 | 17,537 |
| 1921 | #879 | 71 | #10 | 16,376 |
| 1920 | #1,005 | 54 | #10 | 15,010 |
| 1919 | #814 | 74 | #12 | 12,441 |
| 1918 | #1,005 | 51 | #12 | 12,323 |
| 1917 | #1,026 | 47 | #14 | 10,914 |
| 1916 | #1,059 | 43 | #15 | 10,134 |
| 1915 | #1,075 | 39 | #15 | 9,143 |
| 1914 | #1,098 | 30 | #17 | 6,669 |
| 1913 | #1,176 | 22 | #19 | 5,107 |
| 1912 | #1,080 | 23 | #19 | 4,188 |
| 1911 | #1,450 | 11 | #20 | 2,030 |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #21 | 1,654 |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | #21 | 1,427 |
| 1908 | #1,862 | 6 | #23 | 1,244 |
| 1907 | #1,289 | 10 | #22 | 1,235 |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | #23 | 1,084 |
| 1905 | — | #22 | 1,033 | |
| 1904 | #1,364 | 8 | #24 | 957 |
| 1903 | #1,592 | 6 | #26 | 862 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #26 | 908 |
| 1901 | #1,227 | 8 | #26 | 784 |
| 1900 | — | #24 | 1,141 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #27 | 744 |
| 1898 | #963 | 13 | #26 | 871 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | #31 | 702 |
| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 | #26 | 834 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | #31 | 727 |
| 1894 | — | #25 | 808 | |
| 1893 | — | #26 | 732 | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | #27 | 802 |
| 1891 | — | #27 | 609 | |
| 1890 | — | #25 | 743 | |
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | #24 | 711 |
| 1888 | #959 | 8 | #26 | 772 |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | #25 | 622 |
| 1886 | #828 | 8 | #23 | 720 |
| 1885 | — | #26 | 672 | |
| 1884 | — | #23 | 749 | |
| 1883 | — | #21 | 649 | |
| 1882 | — | #22 | 746 | |
| 1881 | — | #22 | 641 | |
| 1880 | — | #23 | 728 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Richard was already there! It came in at #23, and was given to 728 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1899, when fewer than 880 boys a year got the name.
See more about Richard
- 1 spot since 2024 (#233 → #234)
- 26 spots since 2020 (#208 → #234)
- 79 spots since 2015 (#155 → #234)
- Biggest jump: 5 spots in 1896 (#31 → #26)
- Biggest drop: 17 spots in 2013 (#123 → #140)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1946 at #5 (58,870 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: 51 yrs · run 1920–1970
- Top 100: 127 yrs · run 1880–2006
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 28 boys born in 1946 were named Richard (3.6%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,135 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
- 20.8% of all boys named Richard (535,461) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 7,010 | #21 (1883) | #24 |
| 1890s | 7,572 | #25 (1894) | #27 |
| 1900s | 10,675 | #21 (1909) | #24 |
| 1910s | 74,603 | #12 (1919) | #16 |
| 1920s | 222,599 | #6 (1929) | #8 |
| 1930s | 330,502 | #5 (1939) | #5 |
| 1940s | 477,476 | #5 (1946) | #5 |
| 1950s | 535,461 | #7 (1953) | #7 |
| 1960s | 373,907 | #8 (1960) | #8 |
| 1970s | 202,804 | #10 (1970) | #17 |
| 1980s | 154,745 | #26 (1980) | #29 |
| 1990s | 94,876 | #34 (1991) | #45 |
| 2000s | 48,582 | #65 (2000) | #91 |
| 2010s | 26,747 | #123 (2012) | #153 |
| 2020s | 9,993 | #208 (2020) | #222 |
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.
Richard in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 16,125 of them was named Richard, which outranked 88.8% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,275Hanna96
- #1,275Taneka96
- #1,275Tiffaney96
- #1,281Richard95
- #1,281Addie95
- #1,281Elvia95
- #1,281Giselle95
- #1,290Claudette94
- #1,290Juliette94
- #1,290Lolita94
Tied with 8 names at #1,281; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 98 of them was named Richard, which outranked 99.7% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.