Rick — #2954 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Rick

The Social Security Administration has registered 81,792 babies named Rick between 1919 and 2024, spanning 106 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rick currently holds the #2954 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 5,462 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rick performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 34,371 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 12,335 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Ohio and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Rick in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rick 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 81,792 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.