Rickard

Last seen for boys in 1979 at #4,403

Peak · boys
1950 · 28 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
625
since 1916

Rickard over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rickard has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #1,364, 1950boys
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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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1979#4,4038
1978
1977#5,1236
1976
1975#4,7976
1974
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1972#4,4416
1971
1970#4,7245
1969
1968#4,1365
1967#3,5596
1966#2,46511
1965#3,9305
1964#2,11415
1963#2,11515
1962#3,0418
1961#2,14815
1960#1,72822
1959#1,66523
1958#1,42030
1957#1,58325
1956#1,53226
1955#1,64622
1954#1,40829
1953#1,55124
1952#1,70120
1951#1,37329
1950#1,36428
1949#1,38028
1948#1,61121
1947#1,48225
1946#1,44024
1945#1,58118
1944#1,98813
1943#2,5639
1942#3,5605
1941#2,08312
1940#2,8717
1939#2,6098
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1934#2,7428
1933#3,0047
1932#3,7765
1931
1930#4,0015
1929#3,9595
1928#3,3577
1927#3,1518
1926#3,7086
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1923#4,2395
1922#4,3075
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1916#3,8975
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First appearance
1916

The first year at least five boys were named Rickard! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1916–1925, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Rickard
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1979
Rise & fade · boys
34 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1916
  • Peaked 1950 at #1,364 (28 births)
  • Births halved by 1962, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 63,355
  • Highest: 1 in 63,355 boys born in 1949 were named Rickard (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 215,192 boys born in 1979 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,364 in 1950, was only 1 in 63,938 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 41.0% of all boys named Rickard (256) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s5#3,897 (1916)#3,897
1920s36#3,151 (1927)#3,787
1930s33#2,609 (1939)#3,226
1940s162#1,380 (1949)#2,056
1950s256#1,364 (1950)#1,524
1960s102#1,728 (1960)#2,804
1970s31#4,403 (1979)#4,698

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.

Rickard in 1958

boys
#1,420
30 births · 1 in 70,747 boys

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #1,420Rickard30
More about 1958

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 70,747 of them was named Rickard, which outranked 68.5% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rickard
  1. #1,396Rayfield31
  2. #1,396Richardo31
  3. #1,396Vidal31
  4. #1,420Rickard30
  5. #1,420Anson30
  6. #1,420Arnaldo30
  7. #1,420Authur30
  8. #1,446Adrain29
  9. #1,446Amado29
  10. #1,446Anthoney29

Tied with 25 names at #1,420; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 742Wayde#1,364#622
  2. 568Maverick#1,364#796
  3. 516Darren#897#381
  4. 435Tobin#1,250#815
  5. 406Dion#928#522
Fallers
  1. 388Claud#957#1,345
  2. 349Ritchie#823#1,172
  3. 333Levon#944#1,277
  4. 320Weston#957#1,277
  5. 297Parker#925#1,222

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

See the top 100 for 1958