How Many People Are Named Richard?
people named Richard are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 236 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,587,082 babies named Richard in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐⭐⭐ Very Common
Peak Year
58,990 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Hungarian form of RICHARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Richard (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Richard alive today is about 59 years old, and 57% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 48 and 73 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Richard first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1946, to 58,990 babies. In 2025, 1,505 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Richard reached #5 among boys' names in 1930 to 1947, and was in the top 10 for 51 years, 1920 to 1970. In 2025 it ranked #234.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #234 |
| Best rank | #5 (1930 to 1947) |
| Years in the top 10 | 51 |
| Years in the top 100 | 127 (1880 to 2006) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #7 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Richard alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Richard were born in California than in any other state: about 152,526 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Richard was given 1.7 times as often in New Hampshire, 1.6 times in Massachusetts and 1.5 times in Maine.
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