first name
RICHARD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 1,575,998 people named Richard, 82.3% reported their origin as White, 8% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.2% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Richard peaked in 1946, when 58,990 babies got the name.
At least 2,587,082 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Richard by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #6. The largest share of babies named Richard, 37.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Richard is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Richard has been most common in Maine (1.8×), Vermont (1.7×), and Massachusetts (1.7×), and least common in Texas (0.57×).
2,557,040 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Richard
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Richard, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Richard ranks #650 of 156,621, with 51,000 people. See Richard as a last name
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