Rich
#3,949 for boys in 2025, 27 births
- Peak · boys
- 1962 · 256 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,407since 1880
Rich over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Rich has never cracked the top 400 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,949 | 27 |
| 2024 | #3,986 | 27 |
| 2023 | #3,883 | 28 |
| 2022 | #3,774 | 29 |
| 2021 | #3,362 | 34 |
| 2020 | #3,344 | 33 |
| 2019 | #3,636 | 30 |
| 2018 | #3,708 | 29 |
| 2017 | #3,586 | 30 |
| 2016 | #5,318 | 17 |
| 2015 | #5,058 | 18 |
| 2014 | #5,252 | 17 |
| 2013 | #4,981 | 18 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #7,087 | 11 |
| 2009 | #5,102 | 18 |
| 2008 | #7,698 | 10 |
| 2007 | #3,687 | 28 |
| 2006 | #3,686 | 27 |
| 2005 | #3,941 | 23 |
| 2004 | #4,421 | 19 |
| 2003 | #4,426 | 18 |
| 2002 | #3,794 | 22 |
| 2001 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #4,204 | 18 |
| 1999 | #3,480 | 22 |
| 1998 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #4,451 | 14 |
| 1996 | #3,021 | 24 |
| 1995 | #3,693 | 17 |
| 1994 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #4,020 | 15 |
| 1992 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #2,952 | 21 |
| 1989 | #2,615 | 24 |
| 1988 | #2,765 | 20 |
| 1987 | #3,339 | 14 |
| 1986 | #3,268 | 14 |
| 1985 | #2,504 | 20 |
| 1984 | #3,459 | 12 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #3,282 | 13 |
| 1981 | #2,680 | 17 |
| 1980 | #3,838 | 10 |
| 1979 | #2,897 | 15 |
| 1978 | #2,375 | 19 |
| 1977 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #2,288 | 19 |
| 1974 | #1,983 | 22 |
| 1973 | #1,548 | 31 |
| 1972 | #1,327 | 40 |
| 1971 | #914 | 79 |
| 1970 | #1,005 | 65 |
| 1969 | #817 | 89 |
| 1968 | #699 | 116 |
| 1967 | #674 | 122 |
| 1966 | #663 | 124 |
| 1965 | #591 | 166 |
| 1964 | #521 | 224 |
| 1963 | #526 | 229 |
| 1962 | #496 | 256 |
| 1961 | #522 | 232 |
| 1960 | #522 | 231 |
| 1959 | #518 | 229 |
| 1958 | #598 | 168 |
| 1957 | #656 | 136 |
| 1956 | #894 | 70 |
| 1955 | #1,572 | 24 |
| 1954 | #1,593 | 23 |
| 1953 | #1,480 | 26 |
| 1952 | #1,245 | 35 |
| 1951 | #1,838 | 17 |
| 1950 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,409 | 27 |
| 1948 | #963 | 52 |
| 1947 | #1,036 | 48 |
| 1946 | #911 | 53 |
| 1945 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1944 | #1,173 | 32 |
| 1943 | #1,053 | 41 |
| 1942 | #1,358 | 26 |
| 1941 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #1,736 | 16 |
| 1939 | #2,050 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #2,680 | 8 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #2,719 | 8 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | #2,471 | 10 |
| 1930 | — | |
| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,347 | 5 |
| 1923 | #2,950 | 9 |
| 1922 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #2,804 | 10 |
| 1920 | #3,815 | 6 |
| 1919 | #2,877 | 9 |
| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,981 | 5 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,621 | 9 |
| 1914 | #1,975 | 11 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,440 | 5 |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #966 | 7 |
| 1903 | #1,130 | 5 |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | #943 | 6 |
| 1900 | #968 | 8 |
| 1899 | #928 | 6 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | #907 | 6 |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | #704 | 9 |
| 1887 | #679 | 8 |
| 1886 | #845 | 6 |
| 1885 | #936 | 5 |
| 1884 | #663 | 9 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #837 | 6 |
| 1881 | #503 | 12 |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rich was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Rich is popular in 1964
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Nebraska#264 · 1 in 2,842
- Iowa#275 · 1 in 3,364
- Oregon#283 · 1 in 2,589
- Wisconsin#297 · 1 in 5,316
- Michigan#311 · 1 in 4,681
Best ever in a state: #200 in Oregon, 1967.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nebraska | #264 | 5 | 1 in 2,842 |
| Iowa | #275 | 8 | 1 in 3,364 |
| Oregon | #283 | 6 | 1 in 2,589 |
| Wisconsin | #297 | 8 | 1 in 5,316 |
| Michigan | #311 | 18 | 1 in 4,681 |
| Colorado | #322 | 7 | 1 in 2,873 |
| New Jersey | #333 | 12 | 1 in 5,140 |
| Minnesota | #352 | 5 | 1 in 7,418 |
| Ohio | #356 | 18 | 1 in 5,631 |
| California | #378 | 47 | 1 in 3,904 |
| Illinois | #379 | 20 | 1 in 5,281 |
| Indiana | #397 | 8 | 1 in 6,355 |
| Missouri | #428 | 6 | 1 in 7,183 |
| Pennsylvania | #437 | 10 | 1 in 10,720 |
| New York | #689 | 10 | 1 in 17,217 |
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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.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 37 spots since 2024 (#3,986 → #3,949)
- 605 spots since 2020 (#3,344 → #3,949)
- 1,109 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #3,949)
- Biggest jump: 678 spots in 1956 (#1,572 → #894)
- Biggest drop: 446 spots in 1949 (#963 → #1,409)
Rise & fade · boys
82 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1962 at #496 (256 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 32 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 32 yrs · run 1956–1969
Share of babies · boys
1 in 8,081
- Highest: 1 in 8,081 boys born in 1962 were named Rich (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 63,262 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 40.6% of all boys named Rich (1,789) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 68 | #503 (1881) | #758 |
| 1890s | 28 | #884 (1890) | #979 |
| 1900s | 36 | #943 (1901) | #1,097 |
| 1910s | 57 | #1,975 (1914) | #2,867 |
| 1920s | 54 | #2,804 (1921) | #3,639 |
| 1930s | 69 | #2,050 (1939) | #2,678 |
| 1940s | 341 | #911 (1946) | #1,247 |
| 1950s | 750 | #518 (1959) | #1,197 |
| 1960s | 1,789 | #496 (1962) | #603 |
| 1970s | 316 | #914 (1971) | #2,039 |
| 1980s | 155 | #2,504 (1985) | #3,138 |
| 1990s | 176 | #2,952 (1990) | #3,747 |
| 2000s | 202 | #3,686 (2006) | #4,508 |
| 2010s | 188 | #3,586 (2017) | #5,486 |
| 2020s | 178 | #3,344 (2020) | #3,716 |
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.
Rich in 1964
boys
#521
224 births · 1 in 8,896 boys
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 8,896 of them was named Rich, which outranked 88.7% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Rich
- #516Kennedy229
- #519Denny227
- #520Marlin226
- #521Rich224
- #521Morgan224
- #521Pierre224
- #524Johnathan223
- #525Jess221
- #525Simon221
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.