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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201981peak #5, 1946boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1981

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #31 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 109 boysAKMaine: #30 for boys · 74 births · 1 in 95 boysMEVermont: #34 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 111 boysVTNew Hampshire: #36 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 118 boysNHWashington: #38 for boys · 255 births · 1 in 125 boysWAIdaho: #42 for boys · 60 births · 1 in 136 boysIDMontana: #43 for boys · 39 births · 1 in 149 boysMTNorth Dakota: #42 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 134 boysNDMinnesota: #45 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 173 boysMNIllinois: #30 for boys · 776 births · 1 in 109 boysILWisconsin: #41 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 151 boysWIMichigan: #33 for boys · 607 births · 1 in 108 boysMINew York: #19 for boys · 1,388 births · 1 in 82 boysNYMassachusetts: #25 for boys · 450 births · 1 in 79 boysMARhode Island: #22 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 70 boysRIOregon: #36 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 127 boysORNevada: #22 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 79 boysNVWyoming: #31 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 106 boysWYSouth Dakota: #39 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 132 boysSDIowa: #49 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 193 boysIAIndiana: #39 for boys · 315 births · 1 in 127 boysINOhio: #32 for boys · 814 births · 1 in 99 boysOHPennsylvania: #24 for boys · 916 births · 1 in 85 boysPANew Jersey: #16 for boys · 617 births · 1 in 69 boysNJConnecticut: #23 for boys · 238 births · 1 in 75 boysCTCalifornia: #18 for boys · 2,195 births · 1 in 92 boysCAUtah: #32 for boys · 182 births · 1 in 104 boysUTColorado: #28 for boys · 233 births · 1 in 102 boysCONebraska: #41 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 139 boysNEMissouri: #35 for boys · 328 births · 1 in 112 boysMOKentucky: #28 for boys · 246 births · 1 in 110 boysKYWest Virginia: #24 for boys · 152 births · 1 in 85 boysWVVirginia: #24 for boys · 381 births · 1 in 91 boysVAMaryland: #21 for boys · 302 births · 1 in 80 boysMDDelaware: #22 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 76 boysDEArizona: #15 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 81 boysAZNew Mexico: #18 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 86 boysNMKansas: #45 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 168 boysKSArkansas: #27 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 112 boysARTennessee: #26 for boys · 310 births · 1 in 104 boysTNNorth Carolina: #24 for boys · 380 births · 1 in 100 boysNCSouth Carolina: #24 for boys · 211 births · 1 in 100 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #21 for boys · 82 births · 1 in 97 boysDCOklahoma: #27 for boys · 219 births · 1 in 108 boysOKLouisiana: #33 for boys · 247 births · 1 in 148 boysLAMississippi: #22 for boys · 201 births · 1 in 96 boysMSAlabama: #24 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 99 boysALGeorgia: #22 for boys · 396 births · 1 in 102 boysGAHawaii: #20 for boys · 76 births · 1 in 90 boysHITexas: #21 for boys · 1,211 births · 1 in 114 boysTXFlorida: #17 for boys · 804 births · 1 in 78 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arizona#15 · 1 in 81
  2. New Jersey#16 · 1 in 69
  3. Florida#17 · 1 in 78
  4. New Mexico#18 · 1 in 86
  5. California#18 · 1 in 92

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#152861 in 81
New Jersey#166171 in 69
Florida#178041 in 78
California#182,1951 in 92
New Mexico#181291 in 86
New York#191,3881 in 82
Hawaii#20761 in 90
District of Columbia#21821 in 97
Maryland#213021 in 80
Texas#211,2111 in 114
Delaware#22501 in 76
Georgia#223961 in 102
Mississippi#222011 in 96
Nevada#22721 in 79
Rhode Island#22821 in 70
Connecticut#232381 in 75
Alabama#242661 in 99
North Carolina#243801 in 100
Pennsylvania#249161 in 85
South Carolina#242111 in 100
Virginia#243811 in 91
West Virginia#241521 in 85
Massachusetts#254501 in 79
Tennessee#263101 in 104
Arkansas#271361 in 112
Oklahoma#272191 in 108
Colorado#282331 in 102
Kentucky#282461 in 110
Illinois#307761 in 109
Maine#30741 in 95
Alaska#31371 in 109
Wyoming#31381 in 106
Ohio#328141 in 99
Utah#321821 in 104
Louisiana#332471 in 148
Michigan#336071 in 108
Vermont#34291 in 111
Missouri#353281 in 112
New Hampshire#36521 in 118
Oregon#361581 in 127
Washington#382551 in 125
Indiana#393151 in 127
South Dakota#39411 in 132
Nebraska#41891 in 139
Wisconsin#412301 in 151
Idaho#42601 in 136
North Dakota#42441 in 134
Montana#43391 in 149
Kansas#451081 in 168
Minnesota#451901 in 173
Iowa#491131 in 193

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 1981

girls
#1,158
115 births · 1 in 14,505 girls
boys
#27
16,855 births · 1 in 106 boys

Top girls' names in 1981

  1. #1Jennifer57,046
  2. #2Jessica42,531
  3. #3Amanda34,372
  4. #4Sarah28,175
  5. #5Melissa28,005
  6. #6Amy20,345
  7. #7Nicole20,310
  8. #8Stephanie20,212
  9. #9Elizabeth20,168
  10. #10Heather17,946
  11. #1,158Richard115

Top boys' names in 1981

  1. #1Michael68,750
  2. #2Christopher50,221
  3. #3Matthew43,330
  4. #4Jason41,927
  5. #5David40,629
  6. #6Joshua39,024
  7. #7James38,283
  8. #8John34,868
  9. #9Robert34,395
  10. #10Daniel30,985
  11. #27Richard16,855
More about 1981

girls

1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 14,505 of them was named Richard, which outranked 90.5% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Richard
  1. #1,155Andrew116
  2. #1,155Shakira116
  3. #1,155Shay116
  4. #1,158Richard115
  5. #1,158Adina115
  6. #1,158Delilah115
  7. #1,158Kellee115
  8. #1,165Alia114
  9. #1,165Atiya114
  10. #1,165Brigitte114

Tied with 6 names at #1,158; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,850Tashina#4,743 → #893
  2. ↑ 2,742Krystle#3,215 → #473
  3. ↑ 1,800Tierra#2,342 → #542
  4. ↑ 1,398Martine#2,189 → #791
  5. ↑ 999Nereida#1,981 → #982
Fallers
  1. ↓ 764Kylene#990 → #1,754
  2. ↓ 607Renada#708 → #1,315
  3. ↓ 560Ashanti#822 → #1,382
  4. ↓ 399Renata#336 → #735
  5. ↓ 395Tracee#959 → #1,354

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

boys

1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 106 of them was named Richard, which outranked 99.6% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Richard
  1. #24Timothy18,228
  2. #25Kevin17,454
  3. #26Thomas17,159
  4. #27Richard16,855
  5. #28Steven16,482
  6. #29Jeffrey15,931
  7. #30Aaron14,694
Biggest movers since 1980
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,321Marchello#2,162 → #841
  2. ↑ 1,104Skylar#2,058 → #954
  3. ↑ 816Kellen#1,432 → #616
  4. ↑ 499Marcello#1,291 → #792
  5. ↑ 456Tyrel#1,089 → #633
Fallers
  1. ↓ 306Kenyatta#871 → #1,177
  2. ↓ 284Seneca#718 → #1,002
  3. ↓ 247Kimberly#989 → #1,236
  4. ↓ 216Chadd#927 → #1,143
  5. ↓ 214Levar#911 → #1,125

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

See the top 100 for 1981 →