Rick

Last seen for girls in 1982 at #10,517 · #3,036 for boys in 2025, 40 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1958 · 5,461 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
4 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
81,829
since 1919

Rick over time

boys

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #77, 1958boys
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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—#3,03640
2024—#2,91543
2023—#2,89543
2022—#2,79346
2021—#2,81944
2020—#2,43753
2019—#2,55651
2018—#1,87280
2017—#2,15463
2016—#2,11066
2015—#1,82681
2014—#1,71488
2013—#1,91573
2012—#1,79982
2011—#1,57798
2010—#1,503108
2009—#1,529108
2008—#1,478111
2007—#1,341125
2006—#1,255133
2005—#1,081152
2004—#1,251120
2003—#1,155130
2002—#1,033148
2001—#1,024144
2000—#927165
1999—#905165
1998—#878165
1997—#782189
1996—#725214
1995—#729215
1994—#636266
1993—#576317
1992—#576312
1991—#545346
1990—#509377
1989—#501367
1988—#463385
1987—#417437
1986—#421418
1985—#408444
1984—#421387
1983—#382437
1982#10,5175#364490
1981#8,1287#381450
1980—#389442
1979—#354496
1978—#388403
1977—#374438
1976—#357457
1975—#343499
1974—#339516
1973—#293621
1972—#280682
1971—#260859
1970#5,8188#2111,184
1969—#2001,272
1968#6,2466#1821,431
1967#6,0426#1671,587
1966#6,5645#1621,744
1965#4,8318#1372,254
1964#6,7675#1212,852
1963#4,27210#1113,218
1962#4,01111#1103,410
1961#3,60813#1083,732
1960#5,6966#1014,217
1959#4,6258#894,936
1958#5,4086#775,461
1957#3,93010#874,663
1956#5,9525#1003,655
1955#5,2086#1093,150
1954#5,7535#1023,370
1953—#1013,173
1952—#1192,583
1951—#1431,896
1950—#1681,484
1949—#1701,362
1948—#1741,279
1947#5,2955#1821,120
1946—#207828
1945—#260504
1944—#286431
1943—#399237
1942—#65296
1941—#81760
1940—#85055
1939—#1,05237
1938—#1,04338
1937—#1,14833
1936—#1,11834
1935—#1,70817
1934—#1,49821
1933—#1,45622
1932—#1,54821
1931—#1,36126
1930—#1,64420
1929—#1,61121
1928—#1,90217
1927—#1,74820
1926—#1,91117
1925—#2,31313
1924—#2,47312
1923—#2,9509
1922—#3,5327
1921—#4,3225
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1919—#3,7366
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First appearance
1919

The first year at least five boys were named Rick! It came in at #3,736, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1920–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Rick is popular in 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #137 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 624 boysAKMaine: #117 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 779 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Rick, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #122 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 879 boysNHWashington: #60 for boys · 122 births · 1 in 252 boysWAIdaho: #43 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 160 boysIDMontana: #44 for boys · 44 births · 1 in 175 boysMTNorth Dakota: #94 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 484 boysNDMinnesota: #68 for boys · 129 births · 1 in 320 boysMNIllinois: #83 for boys · 252 births · 1 in 452 boysILWisconsin: #67 for boys · 151 births · 1 in 314 boysWIMichigan: #74 for boys · 257 births · 1 in 363 boysMINew York: #208 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 1,743 boysNYMassachusetts: #187 for boys · 21 births · 1 in 2,732 boysMARhode Island: #118 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,124 boysRIOregon: #41 for boys · 103 births · 1 in 171 boysORNevada: #49 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 180 boysNVWyoming: #55 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 195 boysWYSouth Dakota: #63 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 259 boysSDIowa: #53 for boys · 144 births · 1 in 210 boysIAIndiana: #64 for boys · 189 births · 1 in 287 boysINOhio: #68 for boys · 327 births · 1 in 341 boysOHPennsylvania: #112 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 711 boysPANew Jersey: #207 for boys · 32 births · 1 in 1,972 boysNJConnecticut: #186 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 1,899 boysCTCalifornia: #69 for boys · 559 births · 1 in 338 boysCAUtah: #52 for boys · 58 births · 1 in 210 boysUTColorado: #71 for boys · 75 births · 1 in 293 boysCONebraska: #54 for boys · 68 births · 1 in 238 boysNEMissouri: #74 for boys · 143 births · 1 in 338 boysMOKentucky: #122 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 766 boysKYWest Virginia: #89 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 459 boysWVVirginia: #231 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,804 boysVAMaryland: #188 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 1,427 boysMDDelaware: #151 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,044 boysDEArizona: #115 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 498 boysAZNew Mexico: #108 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 459 boysNMKansas: #68 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 284 boysKSArkansas: #238 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 1,630 boysARTennessee: #217 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,642 boysTNNorth Carolina: #238 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,761 boysNCSouth Carolina: #289 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,366 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #288 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,968 boysDCOklahoma: #98 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 501 boysOKLouisiana: #342 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,751 boysLAMississippi: #311 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,702 boysMSAlabama: #317 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 2,881 boysALGeorgia: #281 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 2,392 boysGAHawaii: #180 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 830 boysHITexas: #261 for boys · 78 births · 1 in 1,533 boysTXFlorida: #169 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 982 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Oregon#41 · 1 in 171
  2. Idaho#43 · 1 in 160
  3. Montana#44 · 1 in 175
  4. Nevada#49 · 1 in 180
  5. Utah#52 · 1 in 210

Best ever in a state: #30 in Washington, 1958.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Oregon#411031 in 171
Idaho#43451 in 160
Montana#44441 in 175
Nevada#49181 in 180
Utah#52581 in 210
Iowa#531441 in 210
Nebraska#54681 in 238
Wyoming#55181 in 195
Washington#601221 in 252
South Dakota#63301 in 259
Indiana#641891 in 287
Wisconsin#671511 in 314
Kansas#68791 in 284
Minnesota#681291 in 320
Ohio#683271 in 341
California#695591 in 338
Colorado#71751 in 293
Michigan#742571 in 363
Missouri#741431 in 338
Illinois#832521 in 452
West Virginia#89411 in 459
North Dakota#94151 in 484
Oklahoma#98471 in 501
New Mexico#108291 in 459
Pennsylvania#1121661 in 711
Arizona#115341 in 498
Maine#117141 in 779
Rhode Island#11881 in 1,124
Kentucky#122451 in 766
New Hampshire#12271 in 879
Alaska#13751 in 624
Delaware#15151 in 1,044
Florida#169561 in 982
Hawaii#18091 in 830
Connecticut#186141 in 1,899
Massachusetts#187211 in 2,732
Maryland#188231 in 1,427
New Jersey#207321 in 1,972
New York#2081031 in 1,743
Tennessee#217241 in 1,642
Virginia#231241 in 1,804
Arkansas#238121 in 1,630
North Carolina#238301 in 1,761
Texas#261781 in 1,533
Georgia#281201 in 2,392
District of Columbia#28851 in 2,968
South Carolina#289121 in 2,366
Mississippi#311101 in 2,702
Alabama#317131 in 2,881
Louisiana#342151 in 2,751
Vermont———

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 Rick
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 121 spots since 2024 (#2,915 → #3,036)
  • 599 spots since 2020 (#2,437 → #3,036)
  • 1,210 spots since 2015 (#1,826 → #3,036)
  • Biggest jump: 253 spots in 1943 (#652 → #399)
  • Biggest drop: 97 spots in 2001 (#927 → #1,024)
Rise & fade · boys
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1958 at #77 (5,461 births)
  • Births halved by 1965, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 4 yrs · run 1956–1959
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1940–2000
Share of babies · boys
1 in 389
  • Highest: 1 in 389 boys born in 1958 were named Rick (0.26%)
  • Latest: 1 in 42,702 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 42.0% of all boys named Rick (34,371) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,736 (1919)#3,736
1920s121#1,611 (1929)#2,529
1930s269#1,043 (1938)#1,358
1940s5,972#170 (1949)#400
1950s34,371#77 (1958)#110
1960s25,717#101 (1960)#140
1970s6,155#211 (1970)#320
1980s4,257#364 (1982)#415
1990s2,566#509 (1990)#686
2000s1,336#927 (2000)#1,207
2010s790#1,503 (2010)#1,903
2020s269#2,437 (2020)#2,816

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.

Rick in 1961

girls
#3,608
13 births · 1 in 155,269 girls
boys
#108
3,732 births · 1 in 569 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #3,608Rick13

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #108Rick3,732
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 155,269 of them was named Rick, which outranked 52.1% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rick
  1. #3,460Yalanda14
  2. #3,460Yalonda14
  3. #3,460Yolando14
  4. #3,608Rick13
  5. #3,608Adelle13
  6. #3,608Alease13
  7. #3,608Alvera13
  8. #3,793Allena12
  9. #3,793Alona12
  10. #3,793Alvin12

Tied with 184 names at #3,608; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 569 of them was named Rick, which outranked 97.7% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rick
  1. #105Louis3,965
  2. #106Stanley3,923
  3. #107Jose3,757
  4. #108Rick3,732
  5. #109Howard3,570
  6. #110Joel3,518
  7. #111Dwayne3,486
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,171Parrish#4,038 → #867
  2. ↑ 589Brook#1,252 → #663
  3. ↑ 467Osvaldo#1,434 → #967
  4. ↑ 426Shayne#1,152 → #726
  5. ↑ 367Pernell#1,295 → #928
Fallers
  1. ↓ 425Wayde#672 → #1,097
  2. ↓ 380Yancy#923 → #1,303
  3. ↓ 301Jonas#905 → #1,206
  4. ↓ 264Tobin#833 → #1,097
  5. ↓ 253Keenan#748 → #1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961 →