Rachard — boys' name
103 babies named Rachard in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Rachard was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Rachard in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rachard
The Social Security Administration has registered 103 babies named Rachard between 1979 and 2013, spanning 35 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rachard currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rachard performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Rachard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rachard in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 103 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rachard at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rachard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1979
- Peak year (1988)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 35 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
103 total births across 35 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 10 births in a single year.
Rachard by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 40 births that decade — 39% of Rachard's all-time total
Rachard decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Rachard's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.