Boys' name · since 1942
Ric
1,270 babies named Ric in U.S. Social Security records since 1942, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #4,404 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,270
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ric is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 1,270 have been recorded since 1942.
Ric has 1,270 recorded births among boys since 1942, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1942 to 2012.
- #4,404 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 1,270 born since 1942
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ric ranks #4,404 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 1,270 born since 1942, peaking in the 1950s.
- #4,404 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 1,270
- born since 1942
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ric's 1,270 recorded births place it above 90.31% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
Ric's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ric splits its recorded history at 1973: 30% of all births land in the more recent half, 70% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1997 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1958 peak of 55 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ric popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1942–2012
- Peak year (1958)
- 55
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Ric by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (386 births, 30% of the file).
1950s was Ric's strongest decade.
386 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Ric births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s 114
1940s
114 births
- 1950s
1950s
386 births
- 1960s
1960s
329 births
- 1970s 151
1970s
151 births
- 1980s
1980s
166 births
- 1990s 87
1990s
87 births
- 2000s 29
2000s
29 births
- 2010s 8
2010s
8 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 386 births (30% of all-time use).
How Ric compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Ric's total volume
Ric by state
Where Ric concentrates geographically, total births since 1942
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 141 | 11.1% |
| #2 | Ohio | | 36 | 2.8% |
| #3 | Michigan | | 12 | 0.9% |
| #4 | Texas | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Washington | | 11 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Wisconsin | | 5 | 0.4% |
141 of 1,270 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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- Ric's decade-level peak was the 1950s (386 total births); usage has since declined to 8 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Rics (141 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Ric: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~70 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, 1942–2012 (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 Ric 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.