Richerd — boys' name
241 babies named Richerd in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1957. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Richerd was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Richerd in 1957 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Richerd
The Social Security Administration has registered 241 babies named Richerd between 1927 and 1985, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Richerd currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1985. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Richerd performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 69 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Richerd shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Richerd 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 241 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.
Richerd at a glance
Last recorded 1985Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Richerd popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1985–1927
- Peak year (1957)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1985.
241 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1957 with 18 births in a single year.
Richerd by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 69 births that decade — 29% of Richerd's all-time total
Richerd decade highlights
- Peak decade 69 births
- Runner-up 56 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Richerd's strongest decade
69 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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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, 1927–1985 (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.