Riddick — #6500 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Riddick

The Social Security Administration has registered 645 babies named Riddick between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Riddick currently holds the #6500 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 52 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Riddick performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 348 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Riddick shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 19 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Illinois and Indiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Riddick in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Riddick 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 645 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.