first name
RICK
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 98,277 people named Rick, 82.8% reported their origin as White, 8.1% as Hispanic or Latino and 3.2% as Black. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rick peaked in 1958, when 5,467 babies got the name.
At least 81,964 babies have been given the name since 1919. 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.
Rick by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #228. The largest share of babies named Rick, 68.9%, 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 Rick is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rick has been most common in Idaho (2.8×), Oregon (2.8×), and Iowa (2.8×), and least common in Mississippi (0.09×).
78,199 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 Rick
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rick, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rick ranks #7,938 of 156,621, with 4,009 people. See Rick as a last name
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