Boys' name · since 1977
Rishard
230 babies named Rishard in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,146 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 230
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rishard sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 230 recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rishard has been recorded 230 times among boys since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2014.
- #12,146 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 230 born since 1977
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rishard ranks #12,146 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 230 born since 1977, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,146 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 230
- born since 1977
- 2000s
- peak decade
Rishard's 230 recorded births place it above 73.28% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rishard's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rishard splits its recorded history at 1997: 57% of all births land in the more recent half, 43% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2004 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rishard popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2014
- Peak year (2004)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Rishard by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (87 births, 38% of the file).
2000s was Rishard's strongest decade.
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Rishard births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s
1990s
65 births
- 2000s
2000s
87 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 87 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Rishard's decade-level peak was the 2000s (87 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- 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 Rishard: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1977–2014 (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 Rishard 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.