How Many People Are Named Rich?
people named Rich are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 103,195 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,407 babies named Rich in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
256 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of RICHARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Rich in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rich alive today is about 52 years old, and 53% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 41 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rich first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1962, to 256 babies. In 2025, 27 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rich has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #497, in 1962. In 2025 it ranked #4,016.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,016 |
| Best rank | #497 (1962) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #584 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rich alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rich were born in California than in any other state: about 502 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rich was given 3 times as often in California, 2.7 times in Washington and 2.3 times in Illinois.
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