Rick
Last seen for girls in 1982 at #10,517 · #3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 5,461 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 4 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 81,829since 1919
Rick 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 | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,036 | 40 | |
| 2024 | — | #2,915 | 43 | |
| 2023 | — | #2,895 | 43 | |
| 2022 | — | #2,793 | 46 | |
| 2021 | — | #2,819 | 44 | |
| 2020 | — | #2,437 | 53 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,556 | 51 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,872 | 80 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,154 | 63 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,110 | 66 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,826 | 81 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,714 | 88 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,915 | 73 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,799 | 82 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,577 | 98 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,503 | 108 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,529 | 108 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,478 | 111 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,341 | 125 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,255 | 133 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,081 | 152 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,251 | 120 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,155 | 130 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,033 | 148 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,024 | 144 | |
| 2000 | — | #927 | 165 | |
| 1999 | — | #905 | 165 | |
| 1998 | — | #878 | 165 | |
| 1997 | — | #782 | 189 | |
| 1996 | — | #725 | 214 | |
| 1995 | — | #729 | 215 | |
| 1994 | — | #636 | 266 | |
| 1993 | — | #576 | 317 | |
| 1992 | — | #576 | 312 | |
| 1991 | — | #545 | 346 | |
| 1990 | — | #509 | 377 | |
| 1989 | — | #501 | 367 | |
| 1988 | — | #463 | 385 | |
| 1987 | — | #417 | 437 | |
| 1986 | — | #421 | 418 | |
| 1985 | — | #408 | 444 | |
| 1984 | — | #421 | 387 | |
| 1983 | — | #382 | 437 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #364 | 490 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #381 | 450 |
| 1980 | — | #389 | 442 | |
| 1979 | — | #354 | 496 | |
| 1978 | — | #388 | 403 | |
| 1977 | — | #374 | 438 | |
| 1976 | — | #357 | 457 | |
| 1975 | — | #343 | 499 | |
| 1974 | — | #339 | 516 | |
| 1973 | — | #293 | 621 | |
| 1972 | — | #280 | 682 | |
| 1971 | — | #260 | 859 | |
| 1970 | #5,818 | 8 | #211 | 1,184 |
| 1969 | — | #200 | 1,272 | |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #182 | 1,431 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #167 | 1,587 |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #162 | 1,744 |
| 1965 | #4,831 | 8 | #137 | 2,254 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #121 | 2,852 |
| 1963 | #4,272 | 10 | #111 | 3,218 |
| 1962 | #4,011 | 11 | #110 | 3,410 |
| 1961 | #3,608 | 13 | #108 | 3,732 |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #101 | 4,217 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 | #89 | 4,936 |
| 1958 | #5,408 | 6 | #77 | 5,461 |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | #87 | 4,663 |
| 1956 | #5,952 | 5 | #100 | 3,655 |
| 1955 | #5,208 | 6 | #109 | 3,150 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #102 | 3,370 |
| 1953 | — | #101 | 3,173 | |
| 1952 | — | #119 | 2,583 | |
| 1951 | — | #143 | 1,896 | |
| 1950 | — | #168 | 1,484 | |
| 1949 | — | #170 | 1,362 | |
| 1948 | — | #174 | 1,279 | |
| 1947 | #5,295 | 5 | #182 | 1,120 |
| 1946 | — | #207 | 828 | |
| 1945 | — | #260 | 504 | |
| 1944 | — | #286 | 431 | |
| 1943 | — | #399 | 237 | |
| 1942 | — | #652 | 96 | |
| 1941 | — | #817 | 60 | |
| 1940 | — | #850 | 55 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,052 | 37 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,043 | 38 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,148 | 33 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,118 | 34 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,708 | 17 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,498 | 21 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,456 | 22 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,548 | 21 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,361 | 26 | |
| 1930 | — | #1,644 | 20 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,611 | 21 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,748 | 20 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,911 | 17 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,313 | 13 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,473 | 12 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,950 | 9 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | #4,322 | 5 | |
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| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rick! It came in at #3,736, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Rick
- 121 spots since 2024 (#2,915 → #3,036)
- 599 spots since 2020 (#2,437 → #3,036)
- 1,210 spots since 2015 (#1,826 → #3,036)
- Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1943 (#652 → #399)
- Biggest drop: 97 spots in 2001 (#927 → #1,024)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1958 at #77 (5,461 births)
- Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 1956–1959
- Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1940–2000
- Highest: 1 in 389 boys born in 1958 were named Rick (0.26%)
- Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 42.0% of all boys named Rick (34,371) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,736 (1919) | #3,736 |
| 1920s | 121 | #1,611 (1929) | #2,529 |
| 1930s | 269 | #1,043 (1938) | #1,358 |
| 1940s | 5,972 | #170 (1949) | #400 |
| 1950s | 34,371 | #77 (1958) | #110 |
| 1960s | 25,717 | #101 (1960) | #140 |
| 1970s | 6,155 | #211 (1970) | #320 |
| 1980s | 4,257 | #364 (1982) | #415 |
| 1990s | 2,566 | #509 (1990) | #686 |
| 2000s | 1,336 | #927 (2000) | #1,207 |
| 2010s | 790 | #1,503 (2010) | #1,903 |
| 2020s | 269 | #2,437 (2020) | #2,816 |
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.
Rick in 1962
Top girls' names in 1962
Top boys' names in 1962
More about 1962
girls
1,966,603 girls got a published name in 1962; 1 in 178,782 of them was named Rick, which outranked 47.1% of the 7,584 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,782Vincenza12
- #3,782Willow12
- #3,782Zoila12
- #4,011Rick11
- #4,011Albertina11
- #4,011Aleen11
- #4,011Alejandrina11
- #4,263Adora10
- #4,263Albertine10
- #4,263Alesha10
Tied with 251 names at #4,011; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 607 of them was named Rick, which outranked 97.6% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.