How Many People Are Named Richardson?
people named Richardson are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 610,330 people in the US has this name
Based on 669 babies named Richardson in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Richardson in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Richardson alive today is about 30 years old, and 55% are under 30. Half of them were between 14 and 43 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Richardson first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 2000, to 16 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Richardson has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,500, in 1928. In 2025 it ranked #8,106.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #8,106 |
| Best rank | #2,500 (1928) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,304 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Richardson alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Richardson were born in Florida than in any other state: about 67 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Richardson was given about 16.9 times as often in Florida.
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