Rich — #3975 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rich

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,381 babies named Rich between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rich currently holds the #3975 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 255 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rich performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,790 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Rich shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 639 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Rich in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rich 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 4,381 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.