Rickard
Last seen for boys in 1979 at #4,403
- Peak · boys
- 1950 · 28 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 625since 1916
Rickard over time
Rank among boys' names. Rickard has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #5,123 | 6 |
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| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
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| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
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| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
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| 1968 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #2,465 | 11 |
| 1965 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #2,115 | 15 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #2,148 | 15 |
| 1960 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #1,665 | 23 |
| 1958 | #1,420 | 30 |
| 1957 | #1,583 | 25 |
| 1956 | #1,532 | 26 |
| 1955 | #1,646 | 22 |
| 1954 | #1,408 | 29 |
| 1953 | #1,551 | 24 |
| 1952 | #1,701 | 20 |
| 1951 | #1,373 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,364 | 28 |
| 1949 | #1,380 | 28 |
| 1948 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #1,482 | 25 |
| 1946 | #1,440 | 24 |
| 1945 | #1,581 | 18 |
| 1944 | #1,988 | 13 |
| 1943 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #3,560 | 5 |
| 1941 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
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| 1934 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,004 | 7 |
| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
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| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #3,959 | 5 |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #3,708 | 6 |
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| 1923 | #4,239 | 5 |
| 1922 | #4,307 | 5 |
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| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
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The first year at least five boys were named Rickard! It came in at #3,897, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1916–1925, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Rickard is popular in 1956
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Indiana#466 · 1 in 11,057
Best ever in a state: #466 in Indiana, 1956.
Show every state
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| Indiana | #466 | 5 | 1 in 11,057 |
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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 Rickard
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1979
- Debuted 1916
- Peaked 1950 at #1,364 (28 births)
- Births halved by 1962, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 63,355 boys born in 1949 were named Rickard (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 215,192 boys born in 1979 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,364 in 1950, was only 1 in 63,938 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 41.0% of all boys named Rickard (256) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #3,897 (1916) | #3,897 |
| 1920s | 36 | #3,151 (1927) | #3,787 |
| 1930s | 33 | #2,609 (1939) | #3,226 |
| 1940s | 162 | #1,380 (1949) | #2,056 |
| 1950s | 256 | #1,364 (1950) | #1,524 |
| 1960s | 102 | #1,728 (1960) | #2,804 |
| 1970s | 31 | #4,403 (1979) | #4,698 |
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.
Rickard in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
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2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 81,358 of them was named Rickard, which outranked 65.6% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,511Serge27
- #1,511Thor27
- #1,511Watson27
- #1,532Rickard26
- #1,532Arley26
- #1,532Arvil26
- #1,532Auther26
- #1,568Albin25
- #1,568Anson25
- #1,568Arvid25
Tied with 35 names at #1,532; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.