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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #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 1985

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #27 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 93 boysAKMaine: #34 for boys · 73 births · 1 in 99 boysMEVermont: #31 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 88 boysVTNew Hampshire: #37 for boys · 63 births · 1 in 109 boysNHWashington: #39 for boys · 230 births · 1 in 137 boysWAIdaho: #43 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 136 boysIDMontana: #43 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 135 boysMTNorth Dakota: #56 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 221 boysNDMinnesota: #50 for boys · 163 births · 1 in 194 boysMNIllinois: #31 for boys · 659 births · 1 in 125 boysILWisconsin: #47 for boys · 196 births · 1 in 174 boysWIMichigan: #36 for boys · 517 births · 1 in 126 boysMINew York: #25 for boys · 1,279 births · 1 in 95 boysNYMassachusetts: #30 for boys · 430 births · 1 in 91 boysMARhode Island: #22 for boys · 84 births · 1 in 71 boysRIOregon: #42 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 139 boysORNevada: #21 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 80 boysNVWyoming: #38 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 112 boysWYSouth Dakota: #62 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 244 boysSDIowa: #62 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 239 boysIAIndiana: #41 for boys · 266 births · 1 in 142 boysINOhio: #35 for boys · 655 births · 1 in 118 boysOHPennsylvania: #31 for boys · 710 births · 1 in 109 boysPANew Jersey: #22 for boys · 551 births · 1 in 84 boysNJConnecticut: #28 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 92 boysCTCalifornia: #24 for boys · 2,213 births · 1 in 101 boysCAUtah: #30 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 103 boysUTColorado: #38 for boys · 190 births · 1 in 132 boysCONebraska: #56 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 209 boysNEMissouri: #39 for boys · 286 births · 1 in 129 boysMOKentucky: #31 for boys · 218 births · 1 in 114 boysKYWest Virginia: #28 for boys · 115 births · 1 in 101 boysWVVirginia: #27 for boys · 364 births · 1 in 104 boysVAMaryland: #28 for boys · 267 births · 1 in 104 boysMDDelaware: #28 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 82 boysDEArizona: #26 for boys · 253 births · 1 in 105 boysAZNew Mexico: #21 for boys · 120 births · 1 in 97 boysNMKansas: #41 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 146 boysKSArkansas: #38 for boys · 109 births · 1 in 140 boysARTennessee: #31 for boys · 271 births · 1 in 119 boysTNNorth Carolina: #28 for boys · 362 births · 1 in 112 boysNCSouth Carolina: #22 for boys · 228 births · 1 in 94 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #32 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 115 boysDCOklahoma: #39 for boys · 162 births · 1 in 146 boysOKLouisiana: #38 for boys · 222 births · 1 in 161 boysLAMississippi: #24 for boys · 161 births · 1 in 108 boysMSAlabama: #28 for boys · 215 births · 1 in 119 boysALGeorgia: #22 for boys · 429 births · 1 in 101 boysGAHawaii: #23 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 95 boysHITexas: #24 for boys · 1,201 births · 1 in 123 boysTXFlorida: #21 for boys · 771 births · 1 in 97 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#21 · 1 in 80
  2. New Mexico#21 · 1 in 97
  3. Florida#21 · 1 in 97
  4. Rhode Island#22 · 1 in 71
  5. New Jersey#22 · 1 in 84

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#217711 in 97
Nevada#21771 in 80
New Mexico#211201 in 97
Georgia#224291 in 101
New Jersey#225511 in 84
Rhode Island#22841 in 71
South Carolina#222281 in 94
Hawaii#23721 in 95
California#242,2131 in 101
Mississippi#241611 in 108
Texas#241,2011 in 123
New York#251,2791 in 95
Arizona#262531 in 105
Alaska#27541 in 93
Virginia#273641 in 104
Alabama#282151 in 119
Connecticut#282171 in 92
Delaware#28491 in 82
Maryland#282671 in 104
North Carolina#283621 in 112
West Virginia#281151 in 101
Massachusetts#304301 in 91
Utah#301651 in 103
Illinois#316591 in 125
Kentucky#312181 in 114
Pennsylvania#317101 in 109
Tennessee#312711 in 119
Vermont#31381 in 88
District of Columbia#32671 in 115
Maine#34731 in 99
Ohio#356551 in 118
Michigan#365171 in 126
New Hampshire#37631 in 109
Arkansas#381091 in 140
Colorado#381901 in 132
Louisiana#382221 in 161
Wyoming#38311 in 112
Missouri#392861 in 129
Oklahoma#391621 in 146
Washington#392301 in 137
Indiana#412661 in 142
Kansas#411191 in 146
Oregon#421311 in 139
Idaho#43531 in 136
Montana#43411 in 135
Wisconsin#471961 in 174
Minnesota#501631 in 194
Nebraska#56561 in 209
North Dakota#56251 in 221
Iowa#62811 in 239
South Dakota#62211 in 244

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 1985

girls
#1,204
116 births · 1 in 14,835 girls
boys
#28
15,330 births · 1 in 121 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #1,204Richard116

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #28Richard15,330
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 14,835 of them was named Richard, which outranked 90.4% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Richard
  1. #1,201Adam117
  2. #1,201Dalia117
  3. #1,201Diandra117
  4. #1,204Richard116
  5. #1,204Mallorie116
  6. #1,204Reina116
  7. #1,207Echo115
  8. #1,207Kandis115
  9. #1,207Loni115

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

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 7,360Kayleigh#8,153 → #793
  2. ↑ 1,675Madison#2,299 → #624
  3. ↑ 1,167Cierra#1,633 → #466
  4. ↑ 1,002Ciera#1,703 → #701
  5. ↑ 787Krystina#1,332 → #545
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,164Grisel#784 → #1,948
  2. ↓ 893Ciji#963 → #1,856
  3. ↓ 419Falon#914 → #1,333
  4. ↓ 364Alesia#969 → #1,333
  5. ↓ 362Echo#845 → #1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 121 of them was named Richard, which outranked 99.6% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Richard
  1. #25Thomas17,609
  2. #26Timothy17,140
  3. #27Kyle16,523
  4. #28Richard15,330
  5. #29Jeffrey14,500
  6. #30Jeremy13,445
  7. #31Benjamin13,423
Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,425Jaymes#3,270 → #845
  2. ↑ 977Trace#1,933 → #956
  3. ↑ 933Durrell#1,656 → #723
  4. ↑ 793Durell#1,399 → #606
  5. ↑ 562Brandyn#1,444 → #882
Fallers
  1. ↓ 420Anwar#951 → #1,371
  2. ↓ 345Zebulon#976 → #1,321
  3. ↓ 303Tavares#925 → #1,228
  4. ↓ 250Alonso#931 → #1,181
  5. ↓ 228Abdul#1,000 → #1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985 →