Richard — #232 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Richard

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,576,005 babies named Richard between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Richard currently holds the #232 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1946, when 58,871 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Richard performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 535,453 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Richard shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 264,602 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Richard in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Richard 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 2,576,005 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.