Rich

Boys’ name Recorded 1880-2025

Rich was given to 27 boys in 2025, #4,016 among boys’ names; 4,407 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).

An estimated 3,270 Americans named Rich and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (74% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 41 and 66.

Babies named Rich each year, first recorded in 1880

Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).

Names of the 1960s Names in California Top names of 1962

Births of Rich by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.

What does Rich mean?

Wiktionary, English section

Rich is “a diminutive of the male given name Richard.”

From Richard. The surname also derives from rich as a nickname.

/ɹɪt͡ʃ/

From Wiktionary, the free dictionary, entry Rich (English), CC BY‑SA 4.0. Quoted from the entry; text after a cross-reference to another sense is left out.

Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).

How popular is Rich?

#4,016 among boys’ names, 2025

Rich rose from #5,237 in 2015 to #4,016 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 9.4 to 15.8 per million.

256 babies in 1962, the peak

Rich peaked in 1962, when 256 boys were given it, #497 among boys’ names. The 27 births of 2025 are 11% of that peak.

Rich by year
Year	Births	Rank	Per 1,000 boys
2025	27	#4,016	0.02
2024	27	#4,053	0.02
2023	28	#3,973	0.02
2022	29	#3,852	0.02
2021	34	#3,403	0.02
2020	33	#3,395	0.02
2019	30	#3,696	0.02
2018	29	#3,768	0.02
2017	30	#3,650	0.02
2016	17	#5,501	0.01

Every recorded year (129)

Year	Births	Rank	Per 1,000 boys
2015	18	#5,237	0.01
2014	17	#5,436	0.01
2013	18	#5,122	0.01
2012	9	#8,723	under 0.01
2011	9	#8,616	under 0.01
2010	11	#7,469	0.01
2009	18	#5,266	0.01
2008	10	#8,159	under 0.01
2007	28	#3,767	0.01
2006	27	#3,754	0.01
2005	23	#4,027	0.01
2004	19	#4,554	0.01
2003	18	#4,571	0.01
2002	22	#3,883	0.01
2001	19	#4,254	0.01
2000	18	#4,336	0.01
1999	22	#3,559	0.01
1998	14	#4,815	0.01
1997	14	#4,623	0.01
1996	24	#3,083	0.01
1995	17	#3,810	0.01
1994	18	#3,714	0.01
1993	15	#4,176	0.01
1992	17	#3,709	0.01
1991	14	#4,171	0.01
1990	21	#3,033	0.01
1989	24	#2,667	0.01
1988	20	#2,832	0.01
1987	14	#3,467	0.01
1986	14	#3,402	0.01
1985	20	#2,574	0.01
1984	12	#3,634	0.01
1983	11	#3,817	0.01
1982	13	#3,445	0.01
1981	17	#2,756	0.01
1980	10	#4,067	0.01
1979	15	#2,992	0.01
1978	19	#2,456	0.01
1977	15	#2,881	0.01
1976	11	#3,433	0.01
1975	19	#2,344	0.01
1974	22	#2,036	0.01
1973	31	#1,579	0.02
1972	40	#1,341	0.02
1971	79	#918	0.04
1970	65	#1,012	0.03
1969	89	#820	0.05
1968	116	#701	0.07
1967	122	#676	0.07
1966	124	#667	0.07
1965	166	#592	0.09
1964	224	#523	0.11
1963	229	#527	0.11
1962	256	#497	0.12
1961	232	#523	0.11
1960	231	#526	0.11
1959	229	#518	0.11
1958	168	#597	0.08
1957	136	#656	0.06
1956	70	#895	0.03
1955	24	#1,601	0.01
1954	23	#1,618	0.01
1953	26	#1,500	0.01
1952	35	#1,265	0.02
1951	17	#1,891	0.01
1950	22	#1,605	0.01
1949	27	#1,424	0.02
1948	52	#970	0.03
1947	48	#1,048	0.03
1946	53	#922	0.03
1945	26	#1,320	0.02
1944	32	#1,187	0.02
1943	41	#1,071	0.03
1942	26	#1,375	0.02
1941	20	#1,577	0.02
1940	16	#1,787	0.01
1939	12	#2,141	0.01
1938	8	#2,819	0.01
1937	8	#2,858	0.01
1936	5	#3,963	under 0.01
1935	8	#2,898	0.01
1933	11	#2,338	0.01
1932	7	#3,307	0.01
1931	10	#2,610	0.01
1929	5	#4,434	under 0.01
1927	6	#4,111	0.01
1926	5	#4,706	under 0.01
1924	5	#4,831	under 0.01
1923	9	#3,124	0.01
1922	8	#3,474	0.01
1921	10	#2,944	0.01
1920	6	#4,186	0.01
1919	9	#3,075	0.01
1918	6	#4,081	0.01
1917	5	#4,460	0.01
1916	11	#2,509	0.01
1915	9	#2,784	0.01
1914	11	#2,079	0.02
1913	6	#2,740	0.01
1909	5	#1,644	0.03
1904	7	#1,041	0.05
1903	5	#1,271	0.04
1902	5	#1,279	0.04
1901	6	#1,033	0.06
1900	8	#1,033	0.05
1899	6	#1,031	0.06
1896	5	#1,234	0.04
1894	5	#1,206	0.04
1893	6	#1,005	0.05
1890	6	#976	0.05
1889	5	#1,084	0.05
1888	9	#745	0.07
1887	8	#734	0.08
1886	6	#941	0.05
1885	5	#1,070	0.05
1884	9	#697	0.08
1882	6	#925	0.05
1881	12	#526	0.12
1880	8	#732	0.07

Download Rich’s births by year (CSV)

Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.

Is Rich a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Rich has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 129 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).

Girls and boys named Rich: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.

How many people are named Rich, and how old are they?

3,270 alive in 2026, estimated

That is 74% of the 4,407 Americans ever recorded as Rich. The median Rich alive today is 61 years old; half are between 41 and 66.

The 2020 Census counted 16,285 people named Rich (84 women and girls, 16,201 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,344 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4.9 times that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census records the name people give, which for many is the short form Rich rather than the name on their birth record, and it counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out.

Alive today, by age

90-994

80-8991

70-79207

60-69 (median)1,530

50-59514

40-49136

30-39176

20-29192

10-19153

0-9265

Alive today, by generation

By generation
Generation	Born	Alive
Silent Generation	1928-1945	70
Baby Boomers	1946-1964	1,530
Generation X	1965-1980	807
Millennials	1981-1996	258
Generation Z	1997-2012	276
Generation Alpha	2013-2025	335

An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.

Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).

Where are babies named Rich born?

The states with the most babies named Rich are California, Illinois and Pennsylvania, with 50% of its births recorded by state since 1910.

States with the most births: girls and boys together; rank among boys’ names in the state in 2025
State	Since 1910	Rank, boys	vs. national
California	639	not ranked	1.6×
Illinois	287	not ranked	1.3×
Pennsylvania	206	not ranked	0.9×
Ohio	205	not ranked	0.9×
Michigan	170	not ranked	0.9×
New York	137	not ranked	0.4×
New Jersey	121	not ranked	0.9×
Washington	94	not ranked	1.3×
Missouri	75	not ranked	0.7×
Indiana	54	not ranked	0.5×

Where Rich is more common than its national share predicts

Relative to its national share, Rich is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.

California1.57×

Illinois1.28×

Bars start at 1× (as often as the national share predicts).

States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Rich with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.

More about Rich and names like it

The most given names of the 1960sRich peaked in 1962.
California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Rich since 1910.
The top names of 1962The year the most babies were named Rich.
The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Rich alive today were born 1946-1964.
Names starting with RMost given first.

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