Boys' name · since 1979
Rachard
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.
- #17,232 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rachard sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 103 recorded since 1979.
Rachard has 103 recorded births among boys since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2013.
- #17,232 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 103 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rachard ranks #17,232 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 103 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #17,232 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 103
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rachard's 103 recorded births place it above 62.06% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rachard's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Rachard's SSA record in two at 1993 and the more recent half accounts for 49% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 51%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1982, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Rachard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2013
- Peak year (1988)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 35 years of records
Rachard by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (40 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Rachard's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Rachard births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
40 births
- 1990s
1990s
37 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 40 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Rachard's decade-level peak was the 1980s (40 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rachard: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~34 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1979–2013 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rachard draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.