How popular is “Richard” in the USA?
Number of people named “Richard” by birth year
This chart shows how many people named “Richard” were born each year.
Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.
Popularity of “Richard” by birth year
This chart shows how the popularity of “Richard” has changed over time.
Popularity is the number of people named “Richard” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.
Bias in sex for “Richard” by birth year
This chart shows how “Richard” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).
Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.
The raw data
This table shows the data used in the above charts.
| Year | Count | Proportion | Females | Males | Bias toward female |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 728 | 0.00361319 | 728 | -100% | |
| 1881 | 641 | 0.003326587 | 641 | -100% | |
| 1882 | 746 | 0.003367444 | 746 | -100% | |
| 1883 | 649 | 0.002991542 | 649 | -100% | |
| 1884 | 749 | 0.003076468 | 749 | -100% | |
| 1885 | 672 | 0.002790072 | 672 | -100% | |
| 1886 | 728 | 0.002851357 | 8 | 720 | -98% |
| 1887 | 629 | 0.002542513 | 7 | 622 | -98% |
| 1888 | 780 | 0.002604575 | 8 | 772 | -98% |
| 1889 | 716 | 0.002477972 | 5 | 711 | -99% |
| 1890 | 743 | 0.002465155 | 743 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 609 | 0.002124387 | 609 | -100% | |
| 1892 | 809 | 0.002419447 | 7 | 802 | -98% |
| 1893 | 732 | 0.002250763 | 732 | -100% | |
| 1894 | 808 | 0.002385662 | 808 | -100% | |
| 1895 | 734 | 0.002091043 | 7 | 727 | -98% |
| 1896 | 839 | 0.002346958 | 5 | 834 | -99% |
| 1897 | 709 | 0.002043481 | 7 | 702 | -98% |
| 1898 | 884 | 0.002317436 | 13 | 871 | -97% |
| 1899 | 749 | 0.002207922 | 5 | 744 | -99% |
| 1900 | 1141 | 0.002534086 | 1141 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 792 | 0.002290262 | 8 | 784 | -98% |
| 1902 | 914 | 0.002363394 | 6 | 908 | -99% |
| 1903 | 869 | 0.002279631 | 6 | 863 | -99% |
| 1904 | 965 | 0.002391663 | 8 | 957 | -98% |
| 1905 | 1033 | 0.002436752 | 1033 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 1092 | 0.002548716 | 8 | 1084 | -99% |
| 1907 | 1245 | 0.002675164 | 10 | 1235 | -98% |
| 1908 | 1250 | 0.002558058 | 6 | 1244 | -99% |
| 1909 | 1434 | 0.002805033 | 7 | 1427 | -99% |
| 1910 | 1663 | 0.002815247 | 9 | 1654 | -99% |
| 1911 | 2041 | 0.003167882 | 11 | 2030 | -99% |
| 1912 | 4211 | 0.004261887 | 23 | 4188 | -99% |
| 1913 | 5129 | 0.004510554 | 22 | 5107 | -99% |
| 1914 | 6699 | 0.004729777 | 30 | 6669 | -99% |
| 1915 | 9182 | 0.005010833 | 39 | 9143 | -99% |
| 1916 | 10177 | 0.005261014 | 43 | 10134 | -99% |
| 1917 | 10961 | 0.005462052 | 47 | 10914 | -99% |
| 1918 | 12374 | 0.005699389 | 51 | 12323 | -99% |
| 1919 | 12515 | 0.005930574 | 74 | 12441 | -99% |
| 1920 | 15064 | 0.00665768 | 54 | 15010 | -99% |
| 1921 | 16447 | 0.00704518 | 71 | 16376 | -99% |
| 1922 | 17612 | 0.007693679 | 75 | 17537 | -99% |
| 1923 | 18965 | 0.008236721 | 78 | 18887 | -99% |
| 1924 | 21338 | 0.008959444 | 94 | 21244 | -99% |
| 1925 | 23377 | 0.010018767 | 107 | 23270 | -99% |
| 1926 | 25261 | 0.011002676 | 119 | 25142 | -99% |
| 1927 | 26928 | 0.011610124 | 161 | 26767 | -99% |
| 1928 | 28994 | 0.012824091 | 201 | 28793 | -99% |
| 1929 | 29776 | 0.013582895 | 200 | 29576 | -99% |
| 1930 | 32344 | 0.014547875 | 164 | 32180 | -99% |
| 1931 | 31973 | 0.01519378 | 151 | 31822 | -99% |
| 1932 | 31944 | 0.01513028 | 138 | 31806 | -99% |
| 1933 | 31459 | 0.015734157 | 126 | 31333 | -99% |
| 1934 | 33294 | 0.016031656 | 129 | 33165 | -99% |
| 1935 | 34075 | 0.01630524 | 128 | 33947 | -99% |
| 1936 | 33588 | 0.016167315 | 98 | 33490 | -99% |
| 1937 | 33092 | 0.0155316 | 118 | 32974 | -99% |
| 1938 | 34506 | 0.015595488 | 121 | 34385 | -99% |
| 1939 | 35486 | 0.016105074 | 107 | 35379 | -99% |
| 1940 | 37535 | 0.016301146 | 108 | 37427 | -99% |
| 1941 | 39229 | 0.016101612 | 120 | 39109 | -99% |
| 1942 | 43715 | 0.016002703 | 127 | 43588 | -99% |
| 1943 | 46454 | 0.016458424 | 119 | 46335 | -99% |
| 1944 | 45738 | 0.017002929 | 97 | 45641 | -100% |
| 1945 | 46152 | 0.017397145 | 106 | 46046 | -100% |
| 1946 | 58988 | 0.018461164 | 120 | 58868 | -100% |
| 1947 | 58673 | 0.016288003 | 144 | 58529 | -100% |
| 1948 | 51091 | 0.014798348 | 120 | 50971 | -100% |
| 1949 | 51059 | 0.014652283 | 115 | 50944 | -100% |
| 1950 | 51098 | 0.014585244 | 96 | 51002 | -100% |
| 1951 | 54640 | 0.014832651 | 94 | 54546 | -100% |
| 1952 | 58453 | 0.015390331 | 105 | 58348 | -100% |
| 1953 | 58522 | 0.015186284 | 134 | 58388 | -100% |
| 1954 | 57153 | 0.014357489 | 103 | 57050 | -100% |
| 1955 | 53688 | 0.013371629 | 125 | 53563 | -100% |
| 1956 | 53037 | 0.012863426 | 130 | 52907 | -100% |
| 1957 | 52576 | 0.012510667 | 117 | 52459 | -100% |
| 1958 | 50079 | 0.012117547 | 119 | 49960 | -100% |
| 1959 | 47314 | 0.011382527 | 129 | 47185 | -99% |
| 1960 | 43671 | 0.010512264 | 124 | 43547 | -99% |
| 1961 | 41255 | 0.009962748 | 130 | 41125 | -99% |
| 1962 | 39550 | 0.009801618 | 140 | 39410 | -99% |
| 1963 | 40928 | 0.010339035 | 154 | 40774 | -99% |
| 1964 | 40237 | 0.010349893 | 136 | 40101 | -99% |
| 1965 | 36967 | 0.010196035 | 134 | 36833 | -99% |
| 1966 | 34605 | 0.009956465 | 145 | 34460 | -99% |
| 1967 | 33749 | 0.009940766 | 166 | 33583 | -99% |
| 1968 | 33139 | 0.009808625 | 163 | 32976 | -99% |
| 1969 | 31266 | 0.008995738 | 173 | 31093 | -99% |
| 1970 | 30603 | 0.008484738 | 160 | 30443 | -99% |
| 1971 | 26303 | 0.007662968 | 144 | 26159 | -99% |
| 1972 | 22446 | 0.007140859 | 139 | 22307 | -99% |
| 1973 | 20083 | 0.006656345 | 138 | 19945 | -99% |
| 1974 | 18729 | 0.006160438 | 90 | 18639 | -99% |
| 1975 | 17820 | 0.00590119 | 130 | 17690 | -99% |
| 1976 | 16885 | 0.005564098 | 128 | 16757 | -98% |
| 1977 | 17574 | 0.005532151 | 131 | 17443 | -99% |
| 1978 | 16827 | 0.005301193 | 95 | 16732 | -99% |
| 1979 | 16840 | 0.005061141 | 123 | 16717 | -99% |
| 1980 | 16780 | 0.004871055 | 121 | 16659 | -99% |
| 1981 | 16969 | 0.004904919 | 115 | 16854 | -99% |
| 1982 | 16853 | 0.004803916 | 132 | 16721 | -98% |
| 1983 | 16019 | 0.00462517 | 127 | 15892 | -98% |
| 1984 | 15712 | 0.004503637 | 106 | 15606 | -99% |
| 1985 | 15447 | 0.004328086 | 116 | 15331 | -98% |
| 1986 | 15132 | 0.004254205 | 122 | 15010 | -98% |
| 1987 | 14515 | 0.004025862 | 111 | 14404 | -98% |
| 1988 | 14256 | 0.003858438 | 111 | 14145 | -98% |
| 1989 | 14206 | 0.003695338 | 69 | 14137 | -99% |
| 1990 | 13631 | 0.003449047 | 54 | 13577 | -99% |
| 1991 | 12609 | 0.003237237 | 55 | 12554 | -99% |
| 1992 | 11361 | 0.002957851 | 32 | 11329 | -99% |
| 1993 | 10259 | 0.002721232 | 28 | 10231 | -99% |
| 1994 | 9550 | 0.00256903 | 36 | 9514 | -99% |
| 1995 | 8805 | 0.002404498 | 22 | 8783 | -100% |
| 1996 | 8209 | 0.002250942 | 29 | 8180 | -99% |
| 1997 | 7258 | 0.002001915 | 16 | 7242 | -100% |
| 1998 | 6968 | 0.001894518 | 14 | 6954 | -100% |
| 1999 | 6513 | 0.001763312 | 12 | 6501 | -100% |
| 2000 | 6365 | 0.001684033 | 11 | 6354 | -100% |
| 2001 | 5782 | 0.001544711 | 11 | 5771 | -100% |
| 2002 | 5332 | 0.00142651 | 11 | 5321 | -100% |
| 2003 | 5064 | 0.001332015 | 10 | 5054 | -100% |
| 2004 | 4871 | 0.001275011 | 23 | 4848 | -99% |
| 2005 | 4672 | 0.001215348 | 5 | 4667 | -100% |
| 2006 | 4475 | 0.001131388 | 8 | 4467 | -100% |
| 2007 | 4432 | 0.001108929 | 8 | 4424 | -100% |
| 2008 | 4063 | 0.001033993 | 5 | 4058 | -100% |
| 2009 | 3618 | 0.000947412 | 7 | 3611 | -100% |
| 2010 | 3243 | 0.000877808 | 5 | 3238 | -100% |
| 2011 | 3165 | 0.000865627 | 3165 | -100% | |
| 2012 | 3031 | 0.000829113 | 5 | 3026 | -100% |
| 2013 | 2798 | 0.000767911 | 2798 | -100% | |
| 2014 | 2885 | 0.000778849 | 2885 | -100% | |
| 2015 | 2684 | 0.000725722 | 2684 | -100% | |
| 2016 | 2520 | 0.000687424 | 2520 | -100% | |
| 2017 | 2283 | 0.000639002 | 2283 | -100% | |
| 2018 | 2137 | 0.000608528 | 2137 | -100% | |
| 2019 | 1986 | 0.000573024 | 1986 | -100% | |
| 2020 | 1824 | 0.000547094 | 1824 | -100% | |
| 2021 | 1778 | 0.00052608 | 1778 | -100% | |
| 2022 | 1679 | 0.000499421 | 6 | 1673 | -99% |