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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #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
1920
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 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedNHWashington: #134 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 894 boysWAIdaho: #83 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 371 boysIDMontana: #147 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 779 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #161 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,505 boysMNIllinois: #300 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 2,517 boysILWisconsin: #103 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 669 boysWIMichigan: #195 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 1,494 boysMINew York: #393 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 4,398 boysNYMassachusetts: #309 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,036 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedRIOregon: #180 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,193 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedSDIowa: #135 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 956 boysIAIndiana: #193 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 1,528 boysINOhio: #171 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 1,306 boysOHPennsylvania: #293 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 3,703 boysPANew Jersey: #382 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 4,801 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #250 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 1,759 boysCAUtah: #137 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 850 boysUTColorado: #191 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,206 boysCONebraska: #152 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,155 boysNEMissouri: #269 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,538 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedDEArizona: #401 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,440 boysAZNew Mexico: #240 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,258 boysNMKansas: #189 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 1,256 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #526 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,881 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #253 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,017 boysOKLouisiana: #466 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,247 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedALGeorgia: #477 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,588 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedHITexas: #493 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 4,760 boysTXFlorida: #336 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 2,912 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Idaho#83 · 1 in 371
  2. Wisconsin#103 · 1 in 669
  3. Washington#134 · 1 in 894
  4. Iowa#135 · 1 in 956
  5. Utah#137 · 1 in 850

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Idaho#83161 in 371
Wisconsin#103441 in 669
Washington#134241 in 894
Iowa#135191 in 956
Utah#137151 in 850
Montana#14761 in 779
Nebraska#15291 in 1,155
Minnesota#161171 in 1,505
Ohio#171591 in 1,306
Oregon#180121 in 1,193
Kansas#189111 in 1,256
Colorado#191151 in 1,206
Indiana#193261 in 1,528
Michigan#195441 in 1,494
New Mexico#24071 in 1,258
California#250821 in 1,759
Oklahoma#25391 in 2,017
Missouri#269131 in 2,538
Pennsylvania#293201 in 3,703
Illinois#300311 in 2,517
Massachusetts#30971 in 5,036
Florida#336171 in 2,912
New Jersey#38291 in 4,801
New York#393261 in 4,398
Arizona#40151 in 3,440
Louisiana#46671 in 4,247
Georgia#47771 in 5,588
Texas#493221 in 4,760
North Carolina#52651 in 7,881
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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 1973

boys
#293
621 births · 1 in 2,510 boys

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #293Rick621
More about 1973

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 2,510 of them was named Rick, which outranked 95.0% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rick
  1. #290Orlando626
  2. #291Gene625
  3. #291Jimmie625
  4. #293Rick621
  5. #294Marshall619
  6. #295Enrique614
  7. #296Charlie612
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. 2,348Vashon#3,152#804
  2. 1,405Jory#2,158#753
  3. 348Pernell#1,262#914
  4. 345Enoch#1,307#962
  5. 273Tarik#1,177#904
Fallers
  1. 669Jabbar#917#1,586
  2. 361Wes#993#1,354
  3. 326Paris#797#1,123
  4. 284Christophe#984#1,268
  5. 272Bennett#851#1,123

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

See the top 100 for 1973