Richad — boys' name
380 babies named Richad in U.S. Social Security records since 1928, with the highest year being 1961. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Richad was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Richad in 1961 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Richad
The Social Security Administration has registered 380 babies named Richad between 1928 and 1990, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Richad currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1961, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Richad performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 95 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Richad shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Richad in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Richad 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 380 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.
Richad at a glance
Last recorded 1990Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Richad popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–1928
- Peak year (1961)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 63 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1990.
380 total births across 63 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1961 with 14 births in a single year.
Richad by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 95 births that decade — 25% of Richad's all-time total
Richad decade highlights
- Peak decade 95 births
- Runner-up 77 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Richad's strongest decade
95 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Richad by state
Where Richad concentrates geographically — total births since 1928
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 380 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1928–1990 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.