Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ric

#4,145 most common boys' name of all time · #10,171 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1942–2012

Rank among boys
#4,145
Rank overall
#10,171 of 105,966
First appeared
1942
Years on the list
63 of 146
All-time
1,270
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1958 #1,038
Best rank
#1,038 1958
Girls Boys peak 55/yr
196019802000

Ric first appears in 1942. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2012 — 8 8 #8,994
2004 — 6 6 #10,190
2003 — 8 8 #8,013
2001 — 9 9 #7,060
2000 — 6 6 #9,353
1999 — 10 10 #6,173
1998 — 9 9 #6,429
1997 — 5 5 #9,539
1996 — 7 7 #7,324
1995 — 7 7 #7,175
1994 — 11 11 #5,204
1993 — 8 8 #6,390
1992 — 8 8 #6,277
1991 — 13 13 #4,314
1990 — 9 9 #5,510
1989 — 13 13 #4,113
1988 — 34 34 #1,925
1987 — 22 22 #2,516
1986 — 19 19 #2,727
1985 — 16 16 #3,007
1984 — 16 16 #2,882
1983 — 18 18 #2,630
1982 — 7 7 #5,232
1981 — 7 7 #5,179
1980 — 14 14 #3,173
1979 — 10 10 #3,918
1978 — 13 13 #3,139
1977 — 15 15 #2,851
1976 — 13 13 #3,018
1975 — 15 15 #2,705
1974 — 16 16 #2,513
1973 — 8 8 #3,871
1972 — 13 13 #2,751
1971 — 23 23 #1,901
1970 — 25 25 #1,778
1969 — 33 33 #1,410
1968 — 26 26 #1,569
1967 — 23 23 #1,642
1966 — 30 30 #1,425
1965 — 43 43 #1,160
1964 — 26 26 #1,575
1963 — 29 29 #1,483
1962 — 35 35 #1,336
1961 — 46 46 #1,177
1960 — 38 38 #1,293
1959 — 47 47 #1,140
1958 — 55 55 #1,038
1957 — 39 39 #1,266
1956 — 40 40 #1,216
1955 — 42 42 #1,165
1954 — 43 43 #1,150
1953 — 25 25 #1,550
1952 — 38 38 #1,212
1951 — 37 37 #1,216
1950 — 20 20 #1,699
1949 — 23 23 #1,580
1948 — 18 18 #1,814
1947 — 21 21 #1,695
1946 — 20 20 #1,641
1945 — 7 7 #2,985
1944 — 6 6 #3,421
1943 — 13 13 #2,181
1942 — 6 6 #3,557