Boys' name · since 1950
Rik
Rik has 288 recorded births since 1950 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1958 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,828 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 288
- born since 1950
- 1960s
- peak decade
Rik sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 288 recorded since 1950.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rik has been recorded 288 times among boys since 1950, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1960s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1950 to 2022.
- #10,828 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 288 born since 1950
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rik ranks #10,828 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 288 born since 1950, peaking in the 1960s.
- #10,828 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 288
- born since 1950
- 1960s
- peak decade
Rik's 288 recorded births place it above 76.18% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rik's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rik's full recorded timeline at 1971, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1950, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1958 peak of 18 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1950–2022
- Peak year (1958)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 73 years of records
Rik by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (78 births, 27% of the file).
1960s was Rik's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 27% of all-time use.
Rik births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s
1950s
75 births
- 1960s
1960s
78 births
- 1970s
1970s
60 births
- 1980s
1980s
44 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 78 births (27% of all-time use).
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- Rik's decade-level peak was the 1960s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rik: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1958)
Similar record span (~72 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1950–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rik draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.