Richardo — #12489 US boys' name
2,065 babies named Richardo in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
25% of everyone ever named Richardo was born in this single decade.
67 babies were named Richardo in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Richardo
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,065 babies named Richardo between 1923 and 2024, spanning 102 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Richardo currently holds the #12489 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 67 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Richardo performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 511 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Richardo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 380 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Richardo in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Richardo 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 2,065 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.
Richardo at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Richardo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1923
- Peak year (1988)
- 67
- Annual births at peak — across 102 years of records
Currently ranks #12489 among boys.
2,065 total births across 102 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 67 births in a single year.
Richardo by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 511 births that decade — 25% of Richardo's all-time total
Richardo decade highlights
- Peak decade 511 births
- Runner-up 366 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Richardo's strongest decade
511 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Richardo by state
Where Richardo concentrates geographically — total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 380 | 18.4% |
| #2 | California | | 355 | 17.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 98 | 4.7% |
| #4 | Illinois | | 11 | 0.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 0.2% |
380 of 2,065 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 18.4% of nationwide
- California 17.2% of nationwide
- New York 4.7% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 18.4% 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, 1923–2024 (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.