Rik — boys' name
288 babies named Rik in U.S. Social Security records since 1950, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
27% of everyone ever named Rik was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Rik in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rik
The Social Security Administration has registered 288 babies named Rik between 1950 and 2022, spanning 73 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rik performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Rik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rik 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 288 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.
Rik at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1950
- Peak year (1958)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 73 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
288 total births across 73 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 18 births in a single year.
Rik by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 78 births that decade — 27% of Rik's all-time total
Rik decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Rik's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% 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, 1950–2022 (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.