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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201983peak #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 1983

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #31 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 94 boysAKMaine: #40 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 138 boysMEVermont: #44 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 132 boysVTNew Hampshire: #31 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 96 boysNHWashington: #39 for boys · 254 births · 1 in 124 boysWAIdaho: #41 for boys · 64 births · 1 in 124 boysIDMontana: #43 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 134 boysMTNorth Dakota: #51 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 179 boysNDMinnesota: #46 for boys · 175 births · 1 in 179 boysMNIllinois: #32 for boys · 643 births · 1 in 127 boysILWisconsin: #45 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 173 boysWIMichigan: #33 for boys · 518 births · 1 in 121 boysMINew York: #23 for boys · 1,342 births · 1 in 87 boysNYMassachusetts: #27 for boys · 454 births · 1 in 80 boysMARhode Island: #23 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 74 boysRIOregon: #40 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 144 boysORNevada: #25 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 88 boysNVWyoming: #27 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 87 boysWYSouth Dakota: #49 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 177 boysSDIowa: #46 for boys · 108 births · 1 in 189 boysIAIndiana: #38 for boys · 305 births · 1 in 124 boysINOhio: #32 for boys · 728 births · 1 in 104 boysOHPennsylvania: #28 for boys · 804 births · 1 in 95 boysPANew Jersey: #20 for boys · 526 births · 1 in 83 boysNJConnecticut: #27 for boys · 221 births · 1 in 84 boysCTCalifornia: #22 for boys · 2,186 births · 1 in 95 boysCAUtah: #25 for boys · 207 births · 1 in 88 boysUTColorado: #29 for boys · 243 births · 1 in 103 boysCONebraska: #49 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 177 boysNEMissouri: #36 for boys · 313 births · 1 in 114 boysMOKentucky: #35 for boys · 203 births · 1 in 126 boysKYWest Virginia: #30 for boys · 125 births · 1 in 99 boysWVVirginia: #23 for boys · 369 births · 1 in 95 boysVAMaryland: #27 for boys · 288 births · 1 in 90 boysMDDelaware: #23 for boys · 50 births · 1 in 78 boysDEArizona: #22 for boys · 270 births · 1 in 88 boysAZNew Mexico: #23 for boys · 128 births · 1 in 91 boysNMKansas: #42 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 148 boysKSArkansas: #30 for boys · 127 births · 1 in 119 boysARTennessee: #30 for boys · 256 births · 1 in 124 boysTNNorth Carolina: #30 for boys · 322 births · 1 in 118 boysNCSouth Carolina: #22 for boys · 216 births · 1 in 96 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #29 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 108 boysDCOklahoma: #33 for boys · 202 births · 1 in 124 boysOKLouisiana: #28 for boys · 281 births · 1 in 131 boysLAMississippi: #27 for boys · 148 births · 1 in 123 boysMSAlabama: #28 for boys · 224 births · 1 in 114 boysALGeorgia: #21 for boys · 418 births · 1 in 97 boysGAHawaii: #28 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 109 boysHITexas: #23 for boys · 1,271 births · 1 in 112 boysTXFlorida: #18 for boys · 765 births · 1 in 89 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Florida#18 · 1 in 89
  2. New Jersey#20 · 1 in 83
  3. Georgia#21 · 1 in 97
  4. Arizona#22 · 1 in 88
  5. California#22 · 1 in 95

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#187651 in 89
New Jersey#205261 in 83
Georgia#214181 in 97
Arizona#222701 in 88
California#222,1861 in 95
South Carolina#222161 in 96
Delaware#23501 in 78
New Mexico#231281 in 91
New York#231,3421 in 87
Rhode Island#23771 in 74
Texas#231,2711 in 112
Virginia#233691 in 95
Nevada#25661 in 88
Utah#252071 in 88
Connecticut#272211 in 84
Maryland#272881 in 90
Massachusetts#274541 in 80
Mississippi#271481 in 123
Wyoming#27451 in 87
Alabama#282241 in 114
Hawaii#28671 in 109
Louisiana#282811 in 131
Pennsylvania#288041 in 95
Colorado#292431 in 103
District of Columbia#29701 in 108
Arkansas#301271 in 119
North Carolina#303221 in 118
Tennessee#302561 in 124
West Virginia#301251 in 99
Alaska#31501 in 94
New Hampshire#31651 in 96
Illinois#326431 in 127
Ohio#327281 in 104
Michigan#335181 in 121
Oklahoma#332021 in 124
Kentucky#352031 in 126
Missouri#363131 in 114
Indiana#383051 in 124
Washington#392541 in 124
Maine#40521 in 138
Oregon#401281 in 144
Idaho#41641 in 124
Kansas#421201 in 148
Montana#43431 in 134
Vermont#44251 in 132
Wisconsin#451961 in 173
Iowa#461081 in 189
Minnesota#461751 in 179
Nebraska#49681 in 177
South Dakota#49301 in 177
North Dakota#51321 in 179

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 1983

girls
#1,084
127 births · 1 in 13,154 girls
boys
#27
15,888 births · 1 in 113 boys

Top girls' names in 1983

  1. #1Jennifer54,353
  2. #2Jessica45,283
  3. #3Amanda33,749
  4. #4Ashley33,289
  5. #5Sarah27,228
  6. #6Melissa23,475
  7. #7Nicole22,400
  8. #8Stephanie22,329
  9. #9Heather20,747
  10. #10Elizabeth19,842
  11. #1,084Richard127

Top boys' names in 1983

  1. #1Michael68,004
  2. #2Christopher59,324
  3. #3Matthew50,209
  4. #4David39,201
  5. #5Joshua36,687
  6. #6James36,342
  7. #7Jason35,113
  8. #8Daniel34,748
  9. #9John33,154
  10. #10Robert32,745
  11. #27Richard15,888
More about 1983

girls

1,670,609 girls got a published name in 1983; 1 in 13,154 of them was named Richard, which outranked 91.0% of the 12,074 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Richard
  1. #1,080Annamarie128
  2. #1,080Christiana128
  3. #1,080Leona128
  4. #1,084Richard127
  5. #1,084Emilia127
  6. #1,084Joleen127
  7. #1,084Leandra127
  8. #1,090Amberly126
  9. #1,090Jayne126
  10. #1,090Sunny126

Tied with 5 names at #1,084; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,772Ciji#7,469 → #697
  2. ↑ 6,751Kirby#7,469 → #718
  3. ↑ 2,656Dwan#3,530 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,888Mallory#2,220 → #332
  5. ↑ 987Marquita#1,099 → #112
Fallers
  1. ↓ 656Syreeta#717 → #1,373
  2. ↓ 572Jenilee#817 → #1,389
  3. ↓ 538Tenika#947 → #1,485
  4. ↓ 396Toccara#541 → #937
  5. ↓ 333Venus#950 → #1,283

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

boys

1,792,564 boys got a published name in 1983; 1 in 113 of them was named Richard, which outranked 99.6% of the 7,344 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Richard
  1. #24Thomas17,565
  2. #25Kevin17,377
  3. #26Timothy16,363
  4. #27Richard15,888
  5. #28Jeffrey15,649
  6. #29Aaron14,460
  7. #30Jeremy14,254
Biggest movers since 1982
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,260Remington#3,108 → #848
  2. ↑ 2,159Trumaine#3,108 → #949
  3. ↑ 1,157Akeem#1,774 → #617
  4. ↑ 738Jacoby#1,654 → #916
  5. ↑ 655Deven#1,622 → #967
Fallers
  1. ↓ 284Marcello#969 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 275Schuyler#845 → #1,120
  3. ↓ 273Jessy#917 → #1,190
  4. ↓ 258Kennith#981 → #1,239
  5. ↓ 220Jarrad#933 → #1,153

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

See the top 100 for 1983 →