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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201979peak #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 1979

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #20 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 75 boysAKMaine: #32 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 94 boysMEVermont: #30 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 85 boysVTNew Hampshire: #30 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 92 boysNHWashington: #30 for boys · 279 births · 1 in 106 boysWAIdaho: #32 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 104 boysIDMontana: #37 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 124 boysMTNorth Dakota: #37 for boys · 42 births · 1 in 131 boysNDMinnesota: #43 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 155 boysMNIllinois: #27 for boys · 810 births · 1 in 103 boysILWisconsin: #39 for boys · 264 births · 1 in 131 boysWIMichigan: #30 for boys · 648 births · 1 in 103 boysMINew York: #17 for boys · 1,355 births · 1 in 82 boysNYMassachusetts: #25 for boys · 427 births · 1 in 79 boysMARhode Island: #14 for boys · 94 births · 1 in 56 boysRIOregon: #37 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 142 boysORNevada: #20 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 74 boysNVWyoming: #29 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 91 boysWYSouth Dakota: #47 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 172 boysSDIowa: #42 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 176 boysIAIndiana: #35 for boys · 353 births · 1 in 116 boysINOhio: #27 for boys · 887 births · 1 in 91 boysOHPennsylvania: #20 for boys · 976 births · 1 in 78 boysPANew Jersey: #16 for boys · 548 births · 1 in 77 boysNJConnecticut: #21 for boys · 214 births · 1 in 81 boysCTCalifornia: #18 for boys · 2,059 births · 1 in 87 boysCAUtah: #28 for boys · 204 births · 1 in 93 boysUTColorado: #25 for boys · 229 births · 1 in 95 boysCONebraska: #39 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 144 boysNEMissouri: #30 for boys · 362 births · 1 in 101 boysMOKentucky: #26 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 104 boysKYWest Virginia: #21 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 85 boysWVVirginia: #19 for boys · 396 births · 1 in 84 boysVAMaryland: #20 for boys · 268 births · 1 in 85 boysMDDelaware: #20 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 70 boysDEArizona: #16 for boys · 245 births · 1 in 85 boysAZNew Mexico: #13 for boys · 134 births · 1 in 76 boysNMKansas: #39 for boys · 126 births · 1 in 134 boysKSArkansas: #25 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 108 boysARTennessee: #23 for boys · 324 births · 1 in 101 boysTNNorth Carolina: #21 for boys · 386 births · 1 in 97 boysNCSouth Carolina: #19 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 87 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #37 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 136 boysDCOklahoma: #31 for boys · 172 births · 1 in 124 boysOKLouisiana: #29 for boys · 255 births · 1 in 137 boysLAMississippi: #24 for boys · 176 births · 1 in 108 boysMSAlabama: #25 for boys · 241 births · 1 in 112 boysALGeorgia: #22 for boys · 396 births · 1 in 99 boysGAHawaii: #22 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 96 boysHITexas: #19 for boys · 1,153 births · 1 in 107 boysTXFlorida: #14 for boys · 658 births · 1 in 83 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. New Mexico#13 · 1 in 76
  2. Rhode Island#14 · 1 in 56
  3. Florida#14 · 1 in 83
  4. New Jersey#16 · 1 in 77
  5. Arizona#16 · 1 in 85

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#131341 in 76
Florida#146581 in 83
Rhode Island#14941 in 56
Arizona#162451 in 85
New Jersey#165481 in 77
New York#171,3551 in 82
California#182,0591 in 87
South Carolina#192411 in 87
Texas#191,1531 in 107
Virginia#193961 in 84
Alaska#20471 in 75
Delaware#20531 in 70
Maryland#202681 in 85
Nevada#20671 in 74
Pennsylvania#209761 in 78
Connecticut#212141 in 81
North Carolina#213861 in 97
West Virginia#211631 in 85
Georgia#223961 in 99
Hawaii#22671 in 96
Tennessee#233241 in 101
Mississippi#241761 in 108
Alabama#252411 in 112
Arkansas#251481 in 108
Colorado#252291 in 95
Massachusetts#254271 in 79
Kentucky#262701 in 104
Illinois#278101 in 103
Ohio#278871 in 91
Utah#282041 in 93
Louisiana#292551 in 137
Wyoming#29391 in 91
Michigan#306481 in 103
Missouri#303621 in 101
New Hampshire#30621 in 92
Vermont#30361 in 85
Washington#302791 in 106
Oklahoma#311721 in 124
Idaho#32811 in 104
Maine#32761 in 94
Indiana#353531 in 116
District of Columbia#37581 in 136
Montana#37471 in 124
North Dakota#37421 in 131
Oregon#371361 in 142
Kansas#391261 in 134
Nebraska#39831 in 144
Wisconsin#392641 in 131
Iowa#421261 in 176
Minnesota#432011 in 155
South Dakota#47311 in 172

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 1979

girls
#1,104
123 births · 1 in 13,051 girls
boys
#25
16,713 births · 1 in 103 boys

Top girls' names in 1979

  1. #1Jennifer56,712
  2. #2Melissa34,050
  3. #3Amanda31,924
  4. #4Jessica27,780
  5. #5Amy21,609
  6. #6Sarah21,015
  7. #7Heather20,834
  8. #8Angela20,256
  9. #9Nicole19,510
  10. #10Michelle19,266
  11. #1,104Richard123

Top boys' names in 1979

  1. #1Michael67,713
  2. #2Christopher50,659
  3. #3Jason50,369
  4. #4David42,053
  5. #5James39,351
  6. #6Matthew35,621
  7. #7John35,410
  8. #8Robert34,015
  9. #9Joshua31,120
  10. #10Brian28,659
  11. #25Richard16,713
More about 1979

girls

1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 13,051 of them was named Richard, which outranked 90.8% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Richard
  1. #1,097Letisha124
  2. #1,097Meggan124
  3. #1,097Sparkle124
  4. #1,104Richard123
  5. #1,104Keshia123
  6. #1,104Maegan123
  7. #1,104Marcela123
  8. #1,113Brienne122
  9. #1,113Lina122
  10. #1,113Rosalia122

Tied with 8 names at #1,104; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,593Breanne#2,125 → #532
  2. ↑ 1,527Loni#2,516 → #989
  3. ↑ 1,287Renata#2,012 → #725
  4. ↑ 985Ashanti#1,862 → #877
  5. ↑ 896Nicolette#1,581 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 392Christel#762 → #1,154
  2. ↓ 312Kenisha#557 → #869
  3. ↓ 297Ariane#887 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 285Imelda#947 → #1,232
  5. ↓ 252Farrah#539 → #791

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

boys

1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 103 of them was named Richard, which outranked 99.6% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Richard
  1. #22Justin17,390
  2. #23Adam17,046
  3. #24Jeffrey16,865
  4. #25Richard16,713
  5. #26Thomas16,454
  6. #27Steven16,331
  7. #28Charles14,806
Biggest movers since 1978
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,228Tyrel#2,134 → #906
  2. ↑ 471Jace#1,186 → #715
  3. ↑ 387Chaz#1,371 → #984
  4. ↑ 311Tyrell#1,051 → #740
  5. ↑ 308Frederic#1,203 → #895
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,230Dequan#927 → #2,157
  2. ↓ 641Rahsaan#869 → #1,510
  3. ↓ 446Chip#989 → #1,435
  4. ↓ 308Rashaun#996 → #1,304
  5. ↓ 307Kenya#749 → #1,056

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

See the top 100 for 1979 →