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Richardson

#6,127 most common boys' name of all time · #15,274 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1919–2025

Rank among boys
#6,127
Rank overall
#15,274 of 105,966
First appeared
1919
Years on the list
76 of 146
All-time
669
Since 2016
97
Peak year
2000 #4,617
Best rank
#2,519 1928
Girls Boys peak 16/yr
192019401960198020002020

Richardson first appears in 1919. 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
2025 10 10 #7,753
2024 13 13 #6,525
2023 14 14 #6,268
2022 11 11 #7,323
2021 10 10 #7,666
2019 10 10 #7,720
2018 7 7 #9,788
2017 8 8 #8,948
2016 14 14 #6,101
2015 5 5 #12,274
2014 9 9 #8,215
2013 11 11 #7,094
2012 9 9 #8,261
2011 16 16 #5,463
2010 7 7 #9,828
2009 6 6 #11,166
2008 12 12 #6,836
2007 15 15 #5,696
2006 11 11 #6,979
2005 14 14 #5,619
2004 14 14 #5,560
2003 10 10 #6,803
2002 11 11 #6,169
2001 10 10 #6,530
2000 16 16 #4,617
1999 10 10 #6,142
1998 14 14 #4,693
1997 8 8 #6,736
1996 6 6 #8,138
1995 9 9 #6,010
1994 14 14 #4,346
1993 10 10 #5,452
1992 9 9 #5,758
1991 9 9 #5,606
1989 9 9 #5,274
1988 13 13 #3,774
1987 12 12 #3,803
1986 6 6 #6,124
1985 5 5 #6,781
1984 13 13 #3,332
1983 5 5 #6,495
1982 11 11 #3,800
1981 7 7 #5,129
1980 7 7 #5,104
1978 8 8 #4,297
1977 8 8 #4,299
1976 9 9 #3,840
1975 5 5 #5,718
1973 5 5 #5,364
1971 5 5 #5,180
1970 8 8 #3,681
1967 6 6 #3,780
1966 6 6 #3,751
1965 5 5 #4,172
1962 6 6 #3,851
1961 7 7 #3,526
1959 5 5 #4,317
1957 10 10 #2,768
1956 8 8 #3,139
1955 6 6 #3,755
1954 6 6 #3,696
1953 9 9 #2,854
1951 8 8 #3,015
1950 5 5 #3,995
1949 5 5 #4,036
1946 8 8 #2,876
1943 7 7 #3,192
1940 7 7 #3,084
1938 8 8 #2,834
1932 6 6 #3,706
1931 7 7 #3,357
1928 12 12 #2,519
1925 5 5 #4,684
1923 5 5 #4,736
1920 6 6 #4,197
1919 8 8 #3,387