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

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Peak · boys
1958 · 5,461 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
4 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
81,829
since 1919

Rick over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201963peak #77, 1958boys
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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—#3,03640
2024—#2,91543
2023—#2,89543
2022—#2,79346
2021—#2,81944
2020—#2,43753
2019—#2,55651
2018—#1,87280
2017—#2,15463
2016—#2,11066
2015—#1,82681
2014—#1,71488
2013—#1,91573
2012—#1,79982
2011—#1,57798
2010—#1,503108
2009—#1,529108
2008—#1,478111
2007—#1,341125
2006—#1,255133
2005—#1,081152
2004—#1,251120
2003—#1,155130
2002—#1,033148
2001—#1,024144
2000—#927165
1999—#905165
1998—#878165
1997—#782189
1996—#725214
1995—#729215
1994—#636266
1993—#576317
1992—#576312
1991—#545346
1990—#509377
1989—#501367
1988—#463385
1987—#417437
1986—#421418
1985—#408444
1984—#421387
1983—#382437
1982#10,5175#364490
1981#8,1287#381450
1980—#389442
1979—#354496
1978—#388403
1977—#374438
1976—#357457
1975—#343499
1974—#339516
1973—#293621
1972—#280682
1971—#260859
1970#5,8188#2111,184
1969—#2001,272
1968#6,2466#1821,431
1967#6,0426#1671,587
1966#6,5645#1621,744
1965#4,8318#1372,254
1964#6,7675#1212,852
1963#4,27210#1113,218
1962#4,01111#1103,410
1961#3,60813#1083,732
1960#5,6966#1014,217
1959#4,6258#894,936
1958#5,4086#775,461
1957#3,93010#874,663
1956#5,9525#1003,655
1955#5,2086#1093,150
1954#5,7535#1023,370
1953—#1013,173
1952—#1192,583
1951—#1431,896
1950—#1681,484
1949—#1701,362
1948—#1741,279
1947#5,2955#1821,120
1946—#207828
1945—#260504
1944—#286431
1943—#399237
1942—#65296
1941—#81760
1940—#85055
1939—#1,05237
1938—#1,04338
1937—#1,14833
1936—#1,11834
1935—#1,70817
1934—#1,49821
1933—#1,45622
1932—#1,54821
1931—#1,36126
1930—#1,64420
1929—#1,61121
1928—#1,90217
1927—#1,74820
1926—#1,91117
1925—#2,31313
1924—#2,47312
1923—#2,9509
1922—#3,5327
1921—#4,3225
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1919—#3,7366
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First appearance
1919

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.

Where Rick is popular in 1963

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedAKMaine: #114 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 775 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #142 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,017 boysNHWashington: #59 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 237 boysWAIdaho: #72 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 262 boysIDMontana: #72 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 277 boysMTNorth Dakota: #83 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 420 boysNDMinnesota: #71 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 362 boysMNIllinois: #93 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 521 boysILWisconsin: #65 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 314 boysWIMichigan: #75 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 384 boysMINew York: #224 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 1,983 boysNYMassachusetts: #179 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 2,284 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedRIOregon: #56 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 229 boysORNevada: #112 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 460 boysNVWyoming: #68 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 248 boysWYSouth Dakota: #49 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 199 boysSDIowa: #59 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 221 boysIAIndiana: #61 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 293 boysINOhio: #76 for boys · 269 births · 1 in 384 boysOHPennsylvania: #117 for boys · 130 births · 1 in 839 boysPANew Jersey: #205 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 2,060 boysNJConnecticut: #163 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,534 boysCTCalifornia: #69 for boys · 523 births · 1 in 359 boysCAUtah: #90 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 354 boysUTColorado: #71 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 308 boysCONebraska: #57 for boys · 71 births · 1 in 216 boysNEMissouri: #98 for boys · 88 births · 1 in 507 boysMOKentucky: #153 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,033 boysKYWest Virginia: #99 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 515 boysWVVirginia: #222 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 1,597 boysVAMaryland: #182 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,310 boysMDDelaware: #156 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,011 boysDEArizona: #136 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 593 boysAZNew Mexico: #155 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 716 boysNMKansas: #79 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 327 boysKSArkansas: #182 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,081 boysARTennessee: #193 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 1,362 boysTNNorth Carolina: #271 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,193 boysNCSouth Carolina: #257 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,071 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #294 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,935 boysDCOklahoma: #95 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 442 boysOKLouisiana: #280 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,981 boysLAMississippi: #422 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,166 boysMSAlabama: #345 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 3,504 boysALGeorgia: #234 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,566 boysGAHawaii: #226 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,222 boysHITexas: #260 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 1,498 boysTXFlorida: #208 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 1,304 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. South Dakota#49 · 1 in 199
  2. Oregon#56 · 1 in 229
  3. Nebraska#57 · 1 in 216
  4. Iowa#59 · 1 in 221
  5. Washington#59 · 1 in 237

Best ever in a state: #30 in Washington, 1958.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
South Dakota#49371 in 199
Oregon#56711 in 229
Nebraska#57711 in 216
Iowa#591271 in 221
Washington#591221 in 237
Indiana#611751 in 293
Wisconsin#651401 in 314
Wyoming#68121 in 248
California#695231 in 359
Colorado#71681 in 308
Minnesota#711071 in 362
Idaho#72241 in 262
Montana#72251 in 277
Michigan#752241 in 384
Ohio#762691 in 384
Kansas#79631 in 327
North Dakota#83161 in 420
Utah#90321 in 354
Illinois#932071 in 521
Oklahoma#95511 in 442
Missouri#98881 in 507
West Virginia#99331 in 515
Nevada#11281 in 460
Maine#114131 in 775
Pennsylvania#1171301 in 839
Arizona#136281 in 593
New Hampshire#14261 in 1,017
Kentucky#153321 in 1,033
New Mexico#155171 in 716
Delaware#15651 in 1,011
Connecticut#163171 in 1,534
Massachusetts#179241 in 2,284
Arkansas#182181 in 1,081
Maryland#182251 in 1,310
Tennessee#193281 in 1,362
New Jersey#205301 in 2,060
Florida#208411 in 1,304
Virginia#222271 in 1,597
New York#224881 in 1,983
Hawaii#22661 in 1,222
Georgia#234301 in 1,566
South Carolina#257131 in 2,071
Texas#260771 in 1,498
North Carolina#271231 in 2,193
Louisiana#280201 in 1,981
District of Columbia#29451 in 2,935
Alabama#345101 in 3,504
Mississippi#42251 in 5,166
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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 Rick
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1958 at #77 (5,461 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 4 yrs · run 1956–1959
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1940–2000
Share of babies · boys
1 in 389
  • Highest: 1 in 389 boys born in 1958 were named Rick (0.26%)
  • Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 42.0% of all boys named Rick (34,371) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,736 (1919)#3,736
1920s121#1,611 (1929)#2,529
1930s269#1,043 (1938)#1,358
1940s5,972#170 (1949)#400
1950s34,371#77 (1958)#110
1960s25,717#101 (1960)#140
1970s6,155#211 (1970)#320
1980s4,257#364 (1982)#415
1990s2,566#509 (1990)#686
2000s1,336#927 (2000)#1,207
2010s790#1,503 (2010)#1,903
2020s269#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 1963

girls
#4,272
10 births · 1 in 192,751 girls
boys
#111
3,218 births · 1 in 631 boys

Top girls' names in 1963

  1. #1Lisa56,047
  2. #2Mary41,546
  3. #3Susan33,991
  4. #4Karen32,492
  5. #5Linda27,727
  6. #6Donna25,405
  7. #7Patricia25,374
  8. #8Lori23,899
  9. #9Sandra21,621
  10. #10Cynthia21,589
  11. #4,272Rick10

Top boys' names in 1963

  1. #1Michael83,771
  2. #2John78,636
  3. #3David78,444
  4. #4James71,294
  5. #5Robert70,007
  6. #6Mark49,342
  7. #7William44,453
  8. #8Richard40,772
  9. #9Thomas35,490
  10. #10Jeffrey31,701
  11. #111Rick3,218
More about 1963

girls

1,927,507 girls got a published name in 1963; 1 in 192,751 of them was named Rick, which outranked 44.2% of the 7,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rick
  1. #4,019Ylonda11
  2. #4,019Zetta11
  3. #4,019Zipporah11
  4. #4,272Rick10
  5. #4,272Alishia10
  6. #4,272Alix10
  7. #4,272Allean10
  8. #4,539Abbi9
  9. #4,539Adaline9
  10. #4,539Adonica9

Tied with 266 names at #4,272; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 631Zena#1,323 → #692
  2. ↑ 623Zina#992 → #369
  3. ↑ 540Trisha#1,020 → #480
  4. ↑ 457Shirl#1,304 → #847
  5. ↑ 396Glynis#992 → #596
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,195Marnita#727 → #1,922
  2. ↓ 255Velvet#623 → #878
  3. ↓ 235Delphine#904 → #1,139
  4. ↓ 224Rosita#934 → #1,158
  5. ↓ 197Lindy#885 → #1,082

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

boys

2,031,078 boys got a published name in 1963; 1 in 631 of them was named Rick, which outranked 97.6% of the 4,621 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rick
  1. #108Shawn3,461
  2. #109Eddie3,354
  3. #110Joel3,237
  4. #111Rick3,218
  5. #112Eugene3,216
  6. #113Bill3,193
  7. #114Howard3,160
Biggest movers since 1962
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,551Tal#2,364 → #813
  2. ↑ 1,141Jaimie#1,962 → #821
  3. ↑ 540Stoney#1,038 → #498
  4. ↑ 364Pamela#1,311 → #947
  5. ↑ 331Giovanni#1,242 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 324Olin#871 → #1,195
  2. ↓ 295Enoch#984 → #1,279
  3. ↓ 285Rand#953 → #1,238
  4. ↓ 283Vernell#996 → #1,279
  5. ↓ 269Bentley#926 → #1,195

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

See the top 100 for 1963 →