Ric — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ric

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,270 babies named Ric between 1942 and 2012, spanning 71 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ric currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 55 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ric performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 386 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ric shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 141 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Ric in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ric 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 1,270 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.