Richard

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592 · #234 for boys in 2025, 1,505 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
#5
1946 · 58,870 births
Debut · boys
1880
728 births
In top 100 · boys
127 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,577,552
since 1880

Richard over time

boys

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

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #5, 1946boys
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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—#2341,505
2024—#2331,544
2023—#2211,645
2022#13,5926#2191,688
2021—#2161,783
2020—#2081,828
2019—#1971,990
2018—#1872,138
2017—#1742,286
2016—#1602,525
2015—#1552,688
2014—#1412,888
2013—#1402,800
2012#16,8695#1233,029
2011—#1273,165
2010#16,9925#1253,238
2009#13,7047#1143,612
2008#17,5045#1084,060
2007#12,6768#1014,425
2006#12,4208#994,469
2005#16,4625#944,667
2004#5,37723#924,848
2003#9,67110#865,054
2002#8,83711#775,322
2001#8,75811#735,771
2000#8,53411#656,354
1999#7,71612#616,502
1998#6,71914#556,954
1997#5,86816#517,243
1996#3,72329#458,182
1995#4,51822#428,784
1994#3,16836#419,516
1993#3,77628#4010,230
1992#3,41932#4111,332
1991#2,32055#3412,553
1990#2,31754#3513,580
1989#1,89869#3314,133
1988#1,300111#3214,144
1987#1,267111#3014,401
1986#1,163122#2915,014
1985#1,204116#2815,330
1984#1,225106#2715,607
1983#1,084127#2715,888
1982#1,079132#2716,717
1981#1,158115#2716,855
1980#1,125121#2616,656
1979#1,104123#2516,713
1978#1,28195#2116,734
1977#1,023131#2017,442
1976#992128#1916,752
1975#959130#1617,687
1974#1,21890#1718,636
1973#904138#1619,942
1972#904138#1422,302
1971#909144#1126,154
1970#844160#1030,442
1969#774173#1031,085
1968#783163#832,976
1967#763166#833,585
1966#826145#834,457
1965#862134#836,817
1964#890136#840,098
1963#843154#840,772
1962#893140#839,422
1961#947130#841,142
1960#961124#843,553
1959#918130#847,202
1958#951118#850,007
1957#951117#852,446
1956#879128#752,915
1955#873124#753,566
1954#952103#757,042
1953#795134#758,389
1952#902105#758,350
1951#95794#754,541
1950#90996#751,003
1949#813115#750,946
1948#785120#750,970
1947#706144#558,532
1946#743120#558,870
1945#722106#546,046
1944#77497#545,643
1943#699119#546,339
1942#663127#543,593
1941#647120#539,112
1940#665108#537,425
1939#655107#535,386
1938#618121#534,385
1937#624118#532,975
1936#66698#533,494
1935#565128#533,946
1934#564129#533,167
1933#569126#531,331
1932#557138#531,809
1931#538151#531,822
1930#530164#532,187
1929#476200#629,572
1928#482201#628,793
1927#559161#626,768
1926#662119#725,143
1925#712107#823,269
1924#76894#821,244
1923#82878#918,887
1922#84575#917,537
1921#87971#1016,376
1920#1,00554#1015,010
1919#81474#1212,441
1918#1,00551#1212,323
1917#1,02647#1410,914
1916#1,05943#1510,134
1915#1,07539#159,143
1914#1,09830#176,669
1913#1,17622#195,107
1912#1,08023#194,188
1911#1,45011#202,030
1910#1,6349#211,654
1909#1,7637#211,427
1908#1,8626#231,244
1907#1,28910#221,235
1906#1,4168#231,084
1905—#221,033
1904#1,3648#24957
1903#1,5926#26862
1902#1,5946#26908
1901#1,2278#26784
1900—#241,141
1899#1,5965#27744
1898#96313#26871
1897#1,2637#31702
1896#1,5835#26834
1895#1,2997#31727
1894—#25808
1893—#26732
1892#1,1717#27802
1891—#27609
1890—#25743
1889#1,2795#24711
1888#9598#26772
1887#9377#25622
1886#8288#23720
1885—#26672
1884—#23749
1883—#21649
1882—#22746
1881—#22641
1880—#23728
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Richard was already there! It came in at #23, and was given to 728 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1899, when fewer than 880 boys a year got the name.

Where Richard is popular in 1977

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #33 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 108 boysAKMaine: #25 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 82 boysMEVermont: #31 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 92 boysVTNew Hampshire: #21 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 70 boysNHWashington: #25 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 94 boysWAIdaho: #25 for boys · 102 births · 1 in 78 boysIDMontana: #30 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 94 boysMTNorth Dakota: #33 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 114 boysNDMinnesota: #41 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 142 boysMNIllinois: #26 for boys · 813 births · 1 in 100 boysILWisconsin: #34 for boys · 249 births · 1 in 129 boysWIMichigan: #27 for boys · 676 births · 1 in 95 boysMINew York: #16 for boys · 1,477 births · 1 in 77 boysNYMassachusetts: #19 for boys · 465 births · 1 in 71 boysMARhode Island: #16 for boys · 86 births · 1 in 61 boysRIOregon: #29 for boys · 159 births · 1 in 110 boysORNevada: #12 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 52 boysNVWyoming: #25 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 95 boysWYSouth Dakota: #34 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 115 boysSDIowa: #40 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 152 boysIAIndiana: #25 for boys · 443 births · 1 in 91 boysINOhio: #24 for boys · 915 births · 1 in 85 boysOHPennsylvania: #19 for boys · 947 births · 1 in 78 boysPANew Jersey: #16 for boys · 614 births · 1 in 68 boysNJConnecticut: #16 for boys · 239 births · 1 in 67 boysCTCalifornia: #15 for boys · 2,095 births · 1 in 79 boysCAUtah: #25 for boys · 197 births · 1 in 89 boysUTColorado: #25 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 95 boysCONebraska: #37 for boys · 85 births · 1 in 134 boysNEMissouri: #28 for boys · 336 births · 1 in 105 boysMOKentucky: #22 for boys · 275 births · 1 in 103 boysKYWest Virginia: #16 for boys · 210 births · 1 in 68 boysWVVirginia: #19 for boys · 363 births · 1 in 90 boysVAMaryland: #16 for boys · 299 births · 1 in 72 boysMDDelaware: #18 for boys · 55 births · 1 in 62 boysDEArizona: #13 for boys · 267 births · 1 in 70 boysAZNew Mexico: #15 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 80 boysNMKansas: #31 for boys · 157 births · 1 in 99 boysKSArkansas: #19 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 93 boysARTennessee: #20 for boys · 339 births · 1 in 94 boysTNNorth Carolina: #19 for boys · 440 births · 1 in 87 boysNCSouth Carolina: #17 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 89 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #23 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 108 boysDCOklahoma: #23 for boys · 205 births · 1 in 97 boysOKLouisiana: #23 for boys · 287 births · 1 in 115 boysLAMississippi: #17 for boys · 199 births · 1 in 96 boysMSAlabama: #23 for boys · 265 births · 1 in 101 boysALGeorgia: #21 for boys · 411 births · 1 in 92 boysGAHawaii: #18 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 81 boysHITexas: #19 for boys · 1,124 births · 1 in 100 boysTXFlorida: #13 for boys · 679 births · 1 in 74 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#12 · 1 in 52
  2. Arizona#13 · 1 in 70
  3. Florida#13 · 1 in 74
  4. California#15 · 1 in 79
  5. New Mexico#15 · 1 in 80

Best ever in a state: #1 in Hawaii, 1934.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#12731 in 52
Arizona#132671 in 70
Florida#136791 in 74
California#152,0951 in 79
New Mexico#151181 in 80
Connecticut#162391 in 67
Maryland#162991 in 72
New Jersey#166141 in 68
New York#161,4771 in 77
Rhode Island#16861 in 61
West Virginia#162101 in 68
Mississippi#171991 in 96
South Carolina#172331 in 89
Delaware#18551 in 62
Hawaii#18781 in 81
Arkansas#191661 in 93
Massachusetts#194651 in 71
North Carolina#194401 in 87
Pennsylvania#199471 in 78
Texas#191,1241 in 100
Virginia#193631 in 90
Tennessee#203391 in 94
Georgia#214111 in 92
New Hampshire#21781 in 70
Kentucky#222751 in 103
Alabama#232651 in 101
District of Columbia#23731 in 108
Louisiana#232871 in 115
Oklahoma#232051 in 97
Ohio#249151 in 85
Colorado#252071 in 95
Idaho#251021 in 78
Indiana#254431 in 91
Maine#25861 in 82
Utah#251971 in 89
Washington#252751 in 94
Wyoming#25321 in 95
Illinois#268131 in 100
Michigan#276761 in 95
Missouri#283361 in 105
Oregon#291591 in 110
Montana#30591 in 94
Kansas#311571 in 99
Vermont#31301 in 92
Alaska#33291 in 108
North Dakota#33471 in 114
South Dakota#34441 in 115
Wisconsin#342491 in 129
Nebraska#37851 in 134
Iowa#401391 in 152
Minnesota#412021 in 142

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 Richard
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1 spot since 2024 (#233 → #234)
  • 26 spots since 2020 (#208 → #234)
  • 79 spots since 2015 (#155 → #234)
  • Biggest jump: 5 spots in 1896 (#31 → #26)
  • Biggest drop: 17 spots in 2013 (#123 → #140)
Rise & fade · boys
66 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1946 at #5 (58,870 births)
  • Births halved by 1971, 25 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 10 for 51 yrs
  • Top 10: 51 yrs · run 1920–1970
  • Top 100: 127 yrs · run 1880–2006
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28
  • Highest: 1 in 28 boys born in 1946 were named Richard (3.6%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,135 boys born in 2025 (0.09%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 20.8% of all boys named Richard (535,461) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7,010#21 (1883)#24
1890s7,572#25 (1894)#27
1900s10,675#21 (1909)#24
1910s74,603#12 (1919)#16
1920s222,599#6 (1929)#8
1930s330,502#5 (1939)#5
1940s477,476#5 (1946)#5
1950s535,461#7 (1953)#7
1960s373,907#8 (1960)#8
1970s202,804#10 (1970)#17
1980s154,745#26 (1980)#29
1990s94,876#34 (1991)#45
2000s48,582#65 (2000)#91
2010s26,747#123 (2012)#153
2020s9,993#208 (2020)#222

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.

Richard in 1977

girls
#1,023
131 births · 1 in 11,703 girls
boys
#20
17,442 births · 1 in 94 boys

Top girls' names in 1977

  1. #1Jennifer58,964
  2. #2Melissa26,879
  3. #3Amy26,729
  4. #4Jessica24,846
  5. #5Heather23,773
  6. #6Angela20,998
  7. #7Michelle19,540
  8. #8Kimberly18,286
  9. #9Amanda18,278
  10. #10Kelly18,234
  11. #1,023Richard131

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #20Richard17,442
More about 1977

girls

1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 11,703 of them was named Richard, which outranked 91.0% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Richard
  1. #1,016Rikki132
  2. #1,016Shawnta132
  3. #1,016Twanna132
  4. #1,023Richard131
  5. #1,023Ashleigh131
  6. #1,023Chantelle131
  7. #1,023Reyna131
  8. #1,027Cecelia130
  9. #1,027Eboni130
  10. #1,027Myrna130

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,746Shawnte#2,486 → #740
  2. ↑ 1,077Jacklyn#2,060 → #983
  3. ↑ 775Talia#1,482 → #707
  4. ↑ 605Haley#1,047 → #442
  5. ↑ 576Raven#1,154 → #578
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,033Liberty#543 → #1,576
  2. ↓ 464Luciana#545 → #1,009
  3. ↓ 441Danyel#999 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 428Chaka#897 → #1,325
  5. ↓ 322Catina#861 → #1,183

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

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 94 of them was named Richard, which outranked 99.7% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Richard
  1. #17Eric20,745
  2. #18Timothy17,977
  3. #19Jeffrey17,481
  4. #20Richard17,442
  5. #21Anthony16,804
  6. #22Thomas16,586
  7. #23Steven16,484
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,102Lavar#5,587 → #485
  2. ↑ 4,753Kinte#5,587 → #834
  3. ↑ 969Jedidiah#1,873 → #904
  4. ↑ 811Conor#1,748 → #937
  5. ↑ 704Amin#1,608 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 427Jerimy#963 → #1,390
  2. ↓ 322Demetrios#990 → #1,312
  3. ↓ 246Nakia#790 → #1,036
  4. ↓ 244Baron#977 → #1,221
  5. ↓ 235Hakim#878 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977 →