Dick
Last seen for girls in 1933 at #4,218 · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1934 · 1,131 births
- Debut · boys
- 25 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 29,273since 1880
Dick over time
Rank among boys' names. Dick has never cracked the top 100 here.
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 | — | — | ||
| 2024 | — | — | ||
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| 2008 | — | — | ||
| 2007 | — | — | ||
| 2006 | — | — | ||
| 2005 | — | #11,472 | 5 | |
| 2004 | — | — | ||
| 2003 | — | — | ||
| 2002 | — | #9,392 | 6 | |
| 2001 | — | — | ||
| 2000 | — | #9,112 | 6 | |
| 1999 | — | — | ||
| 1998 | — | — | ||
| 1997 | — | — | ||
| 1996 | — | — | ||
| 1995 | — | #7,792 | 6 | |
| 1994 | — | #7,770 | 6 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #8,435 | 5 | |
| 1991 | — | — | ||
| 1990 | — | #4,993 | 10 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,811 | 10 | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | — | #3,731 | 12 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,701 | 11 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,493 | 19 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,709 | 17 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,153 | 9 | |
| 1980 | — | #2,444 | 20 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,669 | 17 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,205 | 21 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,361 | 19 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,177 | 21 | |
| 1975 | — | #2,001 | 23 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,520 | 33 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,435 | 35 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,603 | 29 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,378 | 38 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,142 | 52 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,017 | 57 | |
| 1968 | — | #920 | 62 | |
| 1967 | — | #832 | 74 | |
| 1966 | — | #895 | 65 | |
| 1965 | — | #745 | 99 | |
| 1964 | — | #737 | 109 | |
| 1963 | — | #682 | 129 | |
| 1962 | — | #632 | 148 | |
| 1961 | — | #588 | 181 | |
| 1960 | — | #571 | 186 | |
| 1959 | — | #531 | 219 | |
| 1958 | — | #504 | 234 | |
| 1957 | — | #545 | 201 | |
| 1956 | — | #547 | 192 | |
| 1955 | — | #548 | 182 | |
| 1954 | — | #569 | 167 | |
| 1953 | — | #477 | 215 | |
| 1952 | — | #473 | 215 | |
| 1951 | — | #432 | 246 | |
| 1950 | — | #411 | 269 | |
| 1949 | — | #368 | 340 | |
| 1948 | — | #286 | 552 | |
| 1947 | — | #234 | 755 | |
| 1946 | — | #207 | 828 | |
| 1945 | — | #196 | 758 | |
| 1944 | — | #190 | 808 | |
| 1943 | — | #188 | 855 | |
| 1942 | — | #183 | 862 | |
| 1941 | — | #171 | 893 | |
| 1940 | — | #171 | 911 | |
| 1939 | — | #168 | 877 | |
| 1938 | — | #165 | 936 | |
| 1937 | — | #153 | 1,008 | |
| 1936 | — | #141 | 1,088 | |
| 1935 | — | #142 | 1,093 | |
| 1934 | — | #138 | 1,131 | |
| 1933 | #4,218 | 5 | #144 | 1,045 |
| 1932 | — | #149 | 1,053 | |
| 1931 | #3,848 | 6 | #152 | 992 |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #161 | 940 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #168 | 842 |
| 1928 | — | #172 | 834 | |
| 1927 | — | #186 | 775 | |
| 1926 | — | #209 | 650 | |
| 1925 | #3,664 | 8 | #233 | 564 |
| 1924 | — | #272 | 442 | |
| 1923 | — | #301 | 350 | |
| 1922 | — | #298 | 363 | |
| 1921 | — | #309 | 349 | |
| 1920 | #3,957 | 7 | #320 | 329 |
| 1919 | — | #346 | 269 | |
| 1918 | #4,291 | 6 | #371 | 251 |
| 1917 | — | #380 | 220 | |
| 1916 | — | #368 | 221 | |
| 1915 | — | #417 | 167 | |
| 1914 | — | #422 | 129 | |
| 1913 | — | #442 | 94 | |
| 1912 | #2,979 | 5 | #446 | 77 |
| 1911 | — | #481 | 37 | |
| 1910 | — | #353 | 52 | |
| 1909 | — | #344 | 46 | |
| 1908 | — | #403 | 34 | |
| 1907 | — | #359 | 38 | |
| 1906 | — | #378 | 32 | |
| 1905 | — | #337 | 36 | |
| 1904 | — | #431 | 24 | |
| 1903 | — | #505 | 18 | |
| 1902 | — | #331 | 35 | |
| 1901 | — | #407 | 21 | |
| 1900 | — | #312 | 45 | |
| 1899 | — | #322 | 30 | |
| 1898 | — | #360 | 29 | |
| 1897 | — | #392 | 23 | |
| 1896 | — | #367 | 27 | |
| 1895 | — | #414 | 22 | |
| 1894 | — | #367 | 25 | |
| 1893 | — | #401 | 20 | |
| 1892 | — | #384 | 24 | |
| 1891 | — | #411 | 18 | |
| 1890 | — | #312 | 31 | |
| 1889 | — | #379 | 22 | |
| 1888 | — | #353 | 27 | |
| 1887 | — | #321 | 27 | |
| 1886 | — | #357 | 23 | |
| 1885 | — | #327 | 27 | |
| 1884 | — | #284 | 37 | |
| 1883 | — | #337 | 24 | |
| 1882 | — | #489 | 14 | |
| 1881 | — | #375 | 20 | |
| 1880 | — | #341 | 25 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Dick was already there! It came in at #341, and was given to 25 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1988, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Dick is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- Texas#834 · 1 in 14,316
Best ever in a state: #22 in Oregon, 1935.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #834 | 8 | 1 in 14,316 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Arizona | — | — | — |
| Arkansas | — | — | — |
| California | — | — | — |
| Colorado | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Florida | — | — | — |
| Georgia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
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| Maryland | — | — | — |
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| Vermont | — | — | — |
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| Washington | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
| Wisconsin | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 Dick
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2005
- Biggest jump: 152 spots in 1883 (#489 → #337)
- Biggest drop: 174 spots in 1903 (#331 → #505)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1934 at #138 (1,131 births)
- Births halved by 1948, 14 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 89 yrs · run 1880–1968
- Highest: 1 in 913 boys born in 1934 were named Dick (0.11%)
- Latest: 1 in 399,461 boys born in 2005 (0.00%)
- 34.7% of all boys named Dick (10,163) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 246 | #284 (1884) | #356 |
| 1890s | 249 | #312 (1890) | #373 |
| 1900s | 329 | #312 (1900) | #381 |
| 1910s | 1,517 | #346 (1919) | #403 |
| 1920s | 5,498 | #168 (1929) | #247 |
| 1930s | 10,163 | #138 (1934) | #151 |
| 1940s | 7,562 | #171 (1940) | #219 |
| 1950s | 2,140 | #411 (1950) | #504 |
| 1960s | 1,110 | #571 (1960) | #762 |
| 1970s | 288 | #1,142 (1970) | #1,849 |
| 1980s | 121 | #2,444 (1980) | #3,508 |
| 1990s | 33 | #4,993 (1990) | #7,326 |
| 2000s | 17 | #9,112 (2000) | #9,992 |
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.
Dick in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 35,735 of them was named Dick, which outranked 79.0% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,132Laura53
- #1,132Rance53
- #1,132Sedrick53
- #1,142Dick52
- #1,142Coleman52
- #1,142Eldridge52
- #1,142Haywood52
- #1,159Chase51
- #1,159Graig51
- #1,159Huey51
Tied with 16 names at #1,142; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.