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.

Richard

#8 most common boys' name of all time · #9 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#8
Rank overall
#9 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
2,587,082
Since 2016
18,938
Peak year
1946 #5
Best rank
#5 1930
Girls Boys peak 58,990/yr
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Richard is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 1,505 1,505 #234
2024 — 1,544 1,544 #233
2023 — 1,645 1,645 #221
2022 6 1,688 1,694 #219
2021 — 1,783 1,783 #216
2020 — 1,828 1,828 #208
2019 — 1,990 1,990 #197
2018 — 2,138 2,138 #187
2017 — 2,286 2,286 #174
2016 — 2,525 2,525 #160
2015 — 2,688 2,688 #155
2014 — 2,888 2,888 #141
2013 — 2,800 2,800 #140
2012 5 3,029 3,034 #123
2011 — 3,165 3,165 #127
2010 5 3,238 3,243 #125
2009 7 3,612 3,619 #114
2008 5 4,060 4,065 #108
2007 8 4,425 4,433 #101
2006 8 4,469 4,477 #99
2005 5 4,667 4,672 #94
2004 23 4,848 4,871 #92
2003 10 5,054 5,064 #86
2002 11 5,322 5,333 #77
2001 11 5,771 5,782 #73
2000 11 6,354 6,365 #65
1999 12 6,502 6,514 #61
1998 14 6,954 6,968 #55
1997 16 7,243 7,259 #51
1996 29 8,182 8,211 #45
1995 22 8,784 8,806 #42
1994 36 9,516 9,552 #41
1993 28 10,230 10,258 #40
1992 32 11,332 11,364 #41
1991 55 12,553 12,608 #34
1990 54 13,580 13,634 #35
1989 69 14,133 14,202 #33
1988 111 14,144 14,255 #32
1987 111 14,401 14,512 #30
1986 122 15,014 15,136 #29
1985 116 15,330 15,446 #28
1984 106 15,607 15,713 #27
1983 127 15,888 16,015 #27
1982 132 16,717 16,849 #27
1981 115 16,855 16,970 #27
1980 121 16,656 16,777 #26
1979 123 16,713 16,836 #25
1978 95 16,734 16,829 #21
1977 131 17,442 17,573 #20
1976 128 16,752 16,880 #19
1975 130 17,687 17,817 #16
1974 90 18,636 18,726 #17
1973 138 19,942 20,080 #16
1972 138 22,302 22,440 #14
1971 144 26,154 26,298 #11
1970 160 30,442 30,602 #10
1969 173 31,085 31,258 #10
1968 163 32,976 33,139 #8
1967 166 33,585 33,751 #8
1966 145 34,457 34,602 #8
1965 134 36,817 36,951 #8
1964 136 40,098 40,234 #8
1963 154 40,772 40,926 #8
1962 140 39,422 39,562 #8
1961 130 41,142 41,272 #8
1960 124 43,553 43,677 #8
1959 130 47,202 47,332 #8
1958 118 50,007 50,125 #8
1957 117 52,446 52,563 #8
1956 128 52,915 53,043 #7
1955 124 53,566 53,690 #7
1954 103 57,042 57,145 #7
1953 134 58,389 58,523 #7
1952 105 58,350 58,455 #7
1951 94 54,541 54,635 #7
1950 96 51,003 51,099 #7
1949 115 50,946 51,061 #7
1948 120 50,970 51,090 #7
1947 144 58,532 58,676 #5
1946 120 58,870 58,990 #5
1945 106 46,046 46,152 #5
1944 97 45,643 45,740 #5
1943 119 46,339 46,458 #5
1942 127 43,593 43,720 #5
1941 120 39,112 39,232 #5
1940 108 37,425 37,533 #5
1939 107 35,386 35,493 #5
1938 121 34,385 34,506 #5
1937 118 32,975 33,093 #5
1936 98 33,494 33,592 #5
1935 128 33,946 34,074 #5
1934 129 33,167 33,296 #5
1933 126 31,331 31,457 #5
1932 138 31,809 31,947 #5
1931 151 31,822 31,973 #5
1930 164 32,187 32,351 #5
1929 200 29,572 29,772 #6
1928 201 28,793 28,994 #6
1927 161 26,768 26,929 #6
1926 119 25,143 25,262 #7
1925 107 23,269 23,376 #8
1924 94 21,244 21,338 #8
1923 78 18,887 18,965 #9
1922 75 17,537 17,612 #9
1921 71 16,376 16,447 #10
1920 54 15,010 15,064 #10
1919 74 12,441 12,515 #12
1918 51 12,323 12,374 #12
1917 47 10,914 10,961 #14
1916 43 10,134 10,177 #15
1915 39 9,143 9,182 #15
1914 30 6,669 6,699 #17
1913 22 5,107 5,129 #19
1912 23 4,188 4,211 #19
1911 11 2,030 2,041 #20
1910 9 1,654 1,663 #21
1909 7 1,427 1,434 #21
1908 6 1,244 1,250 #23
1907 10 1,235 1,245 #22
1906 8 1,084 1,092 #23
1905 — 1,033 1,033 #22
1904 8 957 965 #24
1903 6 862 868 #26
1902 6 908 914 #26
1901 8 784 792 #26
1900 — 1,141 1,141 #24
1899 5 744 749 #27
1898 13 871 884 #26
1897 7 702 709 #31
1896 5 834 839 #26
1895 7 727 734 #31
1894 — 808 808 #25
1893 — 732 732 #26
1892 7 802 809 #27
1891 — 609 609 #27
1890 — 743 743 #25
1889 5 711 716 #24
1888 8 772 780 #26
1887 7 622 629 #25
1886 8 720 728 #23
1885 — 672 672 #26
1884 — 749 749 #23
1883 — 649 649 #21
1882 — 746 746 #22
1881 — 641 641 #22
1880 — 728 728 #23