How Many People Are Named Rick?
people named Rick are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,507 people in the US has this name
Based on 81,964 babies named Rick in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,467 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of RICHARD or names ending in rick.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Rick in English. Counting Rick and these spellings together, about 62,305 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Rick (99.8%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Rick alive today is about 60 years old, and 68% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 57 and 69 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Rick first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 1958, to 5,467 babies. In 2025, 40 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Rick never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #77, in 1958, and it was in the top 100 for 4 years, 1956 to 1959. In 2025 it ranked #3,076.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,076 |
| Best rank | #77 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | 4 (1956 to 1959) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #105 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Rick alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Rick were born in California than in any other state: about 9,470 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Rick was given 3.1 times as often in Idaho, 2.8 times in Oregon and 2.7 times in Washington.
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