Richard Name Popularity

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How popular is Richard?

Ranking 188th in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Richard is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 250, this name has been part of the top 250 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

It reached its highest popularity ranking of #5 for the first time in 1930 and as recently as 1947.

The name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1946 with 58,868 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Richard was 609 in 1891.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Richard occurred roughly during the years 1897-1900, 1906-1930, and 1936-1946, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1954-1976, 1981-2003, 2005-2011, and 2014-2017.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Richard be?

Richard's popularity has been spiralling downward for some time. Of late, continuing the trend, the number of parents selecting the name Richard for their newborn has dropped.

The name Richard is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Richard is much less frequently used as a given name.

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		Richard (Girl)		Richard (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	2,119	188
2017		< 5	--	2,279	174
2016		< 5	--	2,515	161
2015		< 5	--	2,675	155
2014		< 5	--	2,879	142
2013		< 5	--	2,797	140
2012		5	18,947	3,024	123
2011		< 5	--	3,161	127
2010		5	19,216	3,234	127
2009		7	14,885	3,609	114
2008		5	19,821	4,057	108
2007		8	13,652	4,420	100
2006		8	13,341	4,467	99
2005		5	18,557	4,667	94
2004		23	5,509	4,846	92
2003		10	10,265	5,054	86
2002		11	9,353	5,318	77
2001		11	9,226	5,770	73
2000		11	9,024	6,352	65
1999		12	8,114	6,502	61
1998		14	7,013	6,954	55
1997		16	6,100	7,242	51
1996		29	3,803	8,180	45
1995		22	4,645	8,783	42
1994		36	3,207	9,513	41
1993		28	3,856	10,227	40
1992		32	3,478	11,327	41
1991		55	2,343	12,552	34
1990		54	2,337	13,575	35
1989		69	1,906	14,135	33
1988		111	1,311	14,143	32
1987		111	1,272	14,403	30
1986		122	1,166	15,007	29
1985		116	1,206	15,333	28
1984		106	1,229	15,596	27
1983		127	1,088	15,897	27
1982		132	1,080	16,720	27
1981		115	1,162	16,857	27
1980		121	1,129	16,664	26
1979		123	1,108	16,721	25
1978		95	1,285	16,732	22
1977		131	1,026	17,448	20
1976		128	997	16,762	19
1975		130	963	17,686	16
1974		90	1,223	18,646	17
1973		138	906	19,950	16
1972		139	903	22,318	14
1971		144	910	26,161	11
1970		160	847	30,456	10
1969		173	779	31,106	10
1968		163	786	32,987	8
1967		166	765	33,588	8
1966		145	829	34,469	8
1965		134	868	36,849	8
1964		136	894	40,097	8
1963		154	845	40,786	8
1962		140	897	39,409	8
1961		130	951	41,117	8
1960		124	963	43,546	8
1959		131	915	47,169	8
1958		118	954	49,942	8
1957		117	957	52,401	8
1956		131	875	52,906	7
1955		125	871	53,545	7
1954		104	951	57,014	7
1953		134	797	58,403	7
1952		105	905	58,350	7
1951		94	960	54,549	7
1950		96	912	51,000	7
1949		115	819	50,939	7
1948		120	787	50,970	7
1947		144	706	58,521	5
1946		120	746	58,868	5
1945		106	726	46,043	5
1944		97	776	45,642	5
1943		119	701	46,328	5
1942		127	666	43,585	5
1941		120	648	39,106	5
1940		108	667	37,415	5
1939		107	660	35,373	5
1938		121	620	34,380	5
1937		118	627	32,973	5
1936		98	669	33,487	5
1935		128	568	33,945	5
1934		129	566	33,157	5
1933		126	570	31,337	5
1932		138	558	31,798	5
1931		151	541	31,816	5
1930		164	534	32,183	5
1929		200	477	29,569	6
1928		201	484	28,794	6
1927		161	559	26,771	6
1926		119	665	25,149	7
1925		107	714	23,268	8
1924		94	770	21,246	8
1923		78	833	18,884	9
1922		75	850	17,539	9
1921		71	881	16,376	10
1920		54	1,014	15,010	10
1919		74	818	12,441	12
1918		51	1,013	12,323	12
1917		47	1,037	10,914	14
1916		43	1,079	10,134	15
1915		39	1,090	9,143	15
1914		30	1,115	6,669	17
1913		22	1,221	5,107	19
1912		23	1,109	4,188	19
1911		11	1,527	2,030	20
1910		9	1,746	1,654	21
1909		7	1,929	1,427	21
1908		6	2,061	1,244	23
1907		10	1,359	1,235	22
1906		8	1,530	1,084	23
1905		< 5	--	1,033	22
1904		8	1,459	957	24
1903		6	1,752	863	26
1902		6	1,755	908	26
1901		8	1,314	784	26
1900		< 5	--	1,141	24
1899		5	1,794	744	28
1898		13	1,006	872	26
1897		7	1,364	702	31
1896		5	1,769	834	26
1895		7	1,407	727	31
1894		< 5	--	808	25
1893		< 5	--	732	26
1892		7	1,249	802	27
1891		< 5	--	609	27
1890		< 5	--	744	25
1889		5	1,452	711	24
1888		8	1,020	772	26
1887		7	1,021	622	25
1886		8	881	720	23
1885		< 5	--	672	26
1884		< 5	--	749	23
1883		< 5	--	649	21
1882		< 5	--	746	22
1881		< 5	--	641	22
1880		< 5	--	728	23

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.