Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Richard

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Richard
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.4% from peak

Peak era

1946

Peak rank proxy

58,871

Current vitality

Healthy

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19462024

Peak year

1946

Decline from peak

97.4%

2024

1,539

All-time

2,576,005

Richard once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1946, when 58,871 boys were named Richard.

In 2024, only 1,539 boys were given the name.

Down 97.4% from its peak.

All told, about 2,576,005 Americans have been named Richard and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreMainstream

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.4% from peak

194658,871 boys named Richard

20241,539 boys named Richard

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