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

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Peak · boys
#5
1946 · 58,870 births
Debut · boys
1880
728 births
In top 100 · boys
127 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,577,552
since 1880

Richard over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201987peak #5, 1946boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#2341,505
2024—#2331,544
2023—#2211,645
2022#13,5926#2191,688
2021—#2161,783
2020—#2081,828
2019—#1971,990
2018—#1872,138
2017—#1742,286
2016—#1602,525
2015—#1552,688
2014—#1412,888
2013—#1402,800
2012#16,8695#1233,029
2011—#1273,165
2010#16,9925#1253,238
2009#13,7047#1143,612
2008#17,5045#1084,060
2007#12,6768#1014,425
2006#12,4208#994,469
2005#16,4625#944,667
2004#5,37723#924,848
2003#9,67110#865,054
2002#8,83711#775,322
2001#8,75811#735,771
2000#8,53411#656,354
1999#7,71612#616,502
1998#6,71914#556,954
1997#5,86816#517,243
1996#3,72329#458,182
1995#4,51822#428,784
1994#3,16836#419,516
1993#3,77628#4010,230
1992#3,41932#4111,332
1991#2,32055#3412,553
1990#2,31754#3513,580
1989#1,89869#3314,133
1988#1,300111#3214,144
1987#1,267111#3014,401
1986#1,163122#2915,014
1985#1,204116#2815,330
1984#1,225106#2715,607
1983#1,084127#2715,888
1982#1,079132#2716,717
1981#1,158115#2716,855
1980#1,125121#2616,656
1979#1,104123#2516,713
1978#1,28195#2116,734
1977#1,023131#2017,442
1976#992128#1916,752
1975#959130#1617,687
1974#1,21890#1718,636
1973#904138#1619,942
1972#904138#1422,302
1971#909144#1126,154
1970#844160#1030,442
1969#774173#1031,085
1968#783163#832,976
1967#763166#833,585
1966#826145#834,457
1965#862134#836,817
1964#890136#840,098
1963#843154#840,772
1962#893140#839,422
1961#947130#841,142
1960#961124#843,553
1959#918130#847,202
1958#951118#850,007
1957#951117#852,446
1956#879128#752,915
1955#873124#753,566
1954#952103#757,042
1953#795134#758,389
1952#902105#758,350
1951#95794#754,541
1950#90996#751,003
1949#813115#750,946
1948#785120#750,970
1947#706144#558,532
1946#743120#558,870
1945#722106#546,046
1944#77497#545,643
1943#699119#546,339
1942#663127#543,593
1941#647120#539,112
1940#665108#537,425
1939#655107#535,386
1938#618121#534,385
1937#624118#532,975
1936#66698#533,494
1935#565128#533,946
1934#564129#533,167
1933#569126#531,331
1932#557138#531,809
1931#538151#531,822
1930#530164#532,187
1929#476200#629,572
1928#482201#628,793
1927#559161#626,768
1926#662119#725,143
1925#712107#823,269
1924#76894#821,244
1923#82878#918,887
1922#84575#917,537
1921#87971#1016,376
1920#1,00554#1015,010
1919#81474#1212,441
1918#1,00551#1212,323
1917#1,02647#1410,914
1916#1,05943#1510,134
1915#1,07539#159,143
1914#1,09830#176,669
1913#1,17622#195,107
1912#1,08023#194,188
1911#1,45011#202,030
1910#1,6349#211,654
1909#1,7637#211,427
1908#1,8626#231,244
1907#1,28910#221,235
1906#1,4168#231,084
1905—#221,033
1904#1,3648#24957
1903#1,5926#26862
1902#1,5946#26908
1901#1,2278#26784
1900—#241,141
1899#1,5965#27744
1898#96313#26871
1897#1,2637#31702
1896#1,5835#26834
1895#1,2997#31727
1894—#25808
1893—#26732
1892#1,1717#27802
1891—#27609
1890—#25743
1889#1,2795#24711
1888#9598#26772
1887#9377#25622
1886#8288#23720
1885—#26672
1884—#23749
1883—#21649
1882—#22746
1881—#22641
1880—#23728
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Richard is popular in 1987

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #36 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 117 boysAKMaine: #36 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 117 boysMEVermont: #44 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 127 boysVTNew Hampshire: #46 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 138 boysNHWashington: #39 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 129 boysWAIdaho: #39 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 119 boysIDMontana: #52 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 149 boysMTNorth Dakota: #52 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 173 boysNDMinnesota: #55 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 213 boysMNIllinois: #35 for boys · 620 births · 1 in 132 boysILWisconsin: #54 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 201 boysWIMichigan: #36 for boys · 471 births · 1 in 137 boysMINew York: #24 for boys · 1,213 births · 1 in 104 boysNYMassachusetts: #32 for boys · 420 births · 1 in 97 boysMARhode Island: #32 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 91 boysRIOregon: #39 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 120 boysORNevada: #29 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 101 boysNVWyoming: #47 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 131 boysWYSouth Dakota: #52 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 182 boysSDIowa: #56 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 211 boysIAIndiana: #43 for boys · 259 births · 1 in 143 boysINOhio: #39 for boys · 552 births · 1 in 138 boysOHPennsylvania: #31 for boys · 722 births · 1 in 107 boysPANew Jersey: #26 for boys · 539 births · 1 in 93 boysNJConnecticut: #32 for boys · 194 births · 1 in 110 boysCTCalifornia: #25 for boys · 2,128 births · 1 in 112 boysCAUtah: #36 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 124 boysUTColorado: #46 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 155 boysCONebraska: #47 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 148 boysNEMissouri: #41 for boys · 259 births · 1 in 138 boysMOKentucky: #39 for boys · 173 births · 1 in 138 boysKYWest Virginia: #37 for boys · 92 births · 1 in 115 boysWVVirginia: #27 for boys · 381 births · 1 in 103 boysVAMaryland: #26 for boys · 317 births · 1 in 92 boysMDDelaware: #20 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 66 boysDEArizona: #30 for boys · 234 births · 1 in 121 boysAZNew Mexico: #21 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 99 boysNMKansas: #49 for boys · 98 births · 1 in 169 boysKSArkansas: #44 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 170 boysARTennessee: #33 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 127 boysTNNorth Carolina: #32 for boys · 336 births · 1 in 124 boysNCSouth Carolina: #24 for boys · 208 births · 1 in 103 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #32 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 123 boysDCOklahoma: #42 for boys · 138 births · 1 in 151 boysOKLouisiana: #38 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 163 boysLAMississippi: #27 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 134 boysMSAlabama: #30 for boys · 209 births · 1 in 121 boysALGeorgia: #26 for boys · 442 births · 1 in 103 boysGAHawaii: #27 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 105 boysHITexas: #28 for boys · 1,045 births · 1 in 137 boysTXFlorida: #25 for boys · 767 births · 1 in 104 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Delaware#20 · 1 in 66
  2. New Mexico#21 · 1 in 99
  3. South Carolina#24 · 1 in 103
  4. New York#24 · 1 in 104
  5. Florida#25 · 1 in 104

Best ever in a state: #1 in Hawaii, 1934.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#20621 in 66
New Mexico#211151 in 99
New York#241,2131 in 104
South Carolina#242081 in 103
California#252,1281 in 112
Florida#257671 in 104
Georgia#264421 in 103
Maryland#263171 in 92
New Jersey#265391 in 93
Hawaii#27641 in 105
Mississippi#271221 in 134
Virginia#273811 in 103
Texas#281,0451 in 137
Nevada#29671 in 101
Alabama#302091 in 121
Arizona#302341 in 121
Pennsylvania#317221 in 107
Connecticut#321941 in 110
District of Columbia#32651 in 123
Massachusetts#324201 in 97
North Carolina#323361 in 124
Rhode Island#32681 in 91
Tennessee#332531 in 127
Illinois#356201 in 132
Alaska#36381 in 117
Maine#36611 in 117
Michigan#364711 in 137
Utah#361281 in 124
West Virginia#37921 in 115
Louisiana#381971 in 163
Idaho#39551 in 119
Kentucky#391731 in 138
Ohio#395521 in 138
Oregon#391481 in 120
Washington#392461 in 129
Missouri#412591 in 138
Oklahoma#421381 in 151
Indiana#432591 in 143
Arkansas#44881 in 170
Vermont#44261 in 127
Colorado#461581 in 155
New Hampshire#46551 in 138
Nebraska#47721 in 148
Wyoming#47201 in 131
Kansas#49981 in 169
Montana#52331 in 149
North Dakota#52291 in 173
South Dakota#52261 in 182
Wisconsin#541611 in 201
Minnesota#551431 in 213
Iowa#56841 in 211

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 Richard
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1946 at #5 (58,870 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: 51 yrs · run 1920–1970
  • Top 100: 127 yrs · run 1880–2006
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28
  • Highest: 1 in 28 boys born in 1946 were named Richard (3.6%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,135 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 20.8% of all boys named Richard (535,461) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7,010#21 (1883)#24
1890s7,572#25 (1894)#27
1900s10,675#21 (1909)#24
1910s74,603#12 (1919)#16
1920s222,599#6 (1929)#8
1930s330,502#5 (1939)#5
1940s477,476#5 (1946)#5
1950s535,461#7 (1953)#7
1960s373,907#8 (1960)#8
1970s202,804#10 (1970)#17
1980s154,745#26 (1980)#29
1990s94,876#34 (1991)#45
2000s48,582#65 (2000)#91
2010s26,747#123 (2012)#153
2020s9,993#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 1987

girls
#1,267
111 births · 1 in 15,663 girls
boys
#30
14,401 births · 1 in 130 boys

Top girls' names in 1987

  1. #1Jessica55,992
  2. #2Ashley54,856
  3. #3Amanda41,786
  4. #4Jennifer32,710
  5. #5Sarah27,894
  6. #6Stephanie22,402
  7. #7Brittany22,231
  8. #8Nicole20,286
  9. #9Heather18,982
  10. #10Elizabeth18,608
  11. #1,267Richard111

Top boys' names in 1987

  1. #1Michael63,664
  2. #2Christopher54,493
  3. #3Matthew46,511
  4. #4Joshua40,002
  5. #5David36,795
  6. #6Andrew36,206
  7. #7Daniel35,876
  8. #8James32,659
  9. #9Justin31,491
  10. #10Robert30,237
  11. #30Richard14,401
More about 1987

girls

1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 15,663 of them was named Richard, which outranked 90.4% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Richard
  1. #1,257Renita112
  2. #1,257Salena112
  3. #1,257Sherika112
  4. #1,267Richard111
  5. #1,267Alesia111
  6. #1,267Jason111
  7. #1,267Kierra111
  8. #1,274Bryanna110
  9. #1,274Danika110
  10. #1,274Destinee110

Tied with 6 names at #1,267; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,808Janay#2,195 → #387
  2. ↑ 1,048Channing#1,638 → #590
  3. ↑ 786Ayla#1,380 → #594
  4. ↑ 714Yessenia#1,439 → #725
  5. ↑ 648Denisse#1,602 → #954
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,153Halley#580 → #1,733
  2. ↓ 674Cherrelle#879 → #1,553
  3. ↓ 637Sharday#933 → #1,570
  4. ↓ 613Sharde#873 → #1,486
  5. ↓ 539Shardae#832 → #1,371

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 130 of them was named Richard, which outranked 99.6% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Richard
  1. #27Adam16,931
  2. #28Benjamin14,892
  3. #29Jeremy14,474
  4. #30Richard14,401
  5. #31Jacob14,326
  6. #32Jeffrey13,477
  7. #33Zachary13,201
Biggest movers since 1986
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Trevin#1,962 → #968
  2. ↑ 819Conner#1,617 → #798
  3. ↑ 593Mychal#1,363 → #770
  4. ↑ 503Jaren#1,457 → #954
  5. ↑ 457Corbin#1,049 → #592
Fallers
  1. ↓ 623Durell#816 → #1,439
  2. ↓ 336Jayce#694 → #1,030
  3. ↓ 267Rasheed#921 → #1,188
  4. ↓ 263Deshaun#971 → #1,234
  5. ↓ 260Britt#880 → #1,140

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1987 →