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 | 0.003326621 | 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 | 0.002604567 | 8 | 772 | -98% |
| 1889 | 716 | 0.002477972 | 5 | 711 | -99% |
| 1890 | 743 | 0.002465155 | 743 | -100% | |
| 1891 | 609 | 0.002124379 | 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 | 0.002317442 | 13 | 871 | -97% |
| 1899 | 749 | 0.002207916 | 5 | 744 | -99% |
| 1900 | 1141 | 0.002534097 | 1141 | -100% | |
| 1901 | 792 | 0.002290262 | 8 | 784 | -98% |
| 1902 | 914 | 0.002363388 | 6 | 908 | -99% |
| 1903 | 869 | 0.002279631 | 6 | 863 | -99% |
| 1904 | 965 | 0.002391663 | 8 | 957 | -98% |
| 1905 | 1033 | 0.002436758 | 1033 | -100% | |
| 1906 | 1092 | 0.002548716 | 8 | 1084 | -99% |
| 1907 | 1245 | 0.00267517 | 10 | 1235 | -98% |
| 1908 | 1250 | 0.002558068 | 6 | 1244 | -99% |
| 1909 | 1434 | 0.002805033 | 7 | 1427 | -99% |
| 1910 | 1663 | 0.002815251 | 9 | 1654 | -99% |
| 1911 | 2041 | 0.003167887 | 11 | 2030 | -99% |
| 1912 | 4211 | 0.004261883 | 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 | 0.005261022 | 43 | 10134 | -99% |
| 1917 | 10961 | 0.005462065 | 47 | 10914 | -99% |
| 1918 | 12374 | 0.005699384 | 51 | 12323 | -99% |
| 1919 | 12515 | 0.005930585 | 74 | 12441 | -99% |
| 1920 | 15064 | 0.006657701 | 54 | 15010 | -99% |
| 1921 | 16447 | 0.007045183 | 71 | 16376 | -99% |
| 1922 | 17612 | 0.007693669 | 75 | 17537 | -99% |
| 1923 | 18965 | 0.008236757 | 78 | 18887 | -99% |
| 1924 | 21338 | 0.008959474 | 94 | 21244 | -99% |
| 1925 | 23376 | 0.010018407 | 107 | 23269 | -99% |
| 1926 | 25262 | 0.011003107 | 119 | 25143 | -99% |
| 1927 | 26928 | 0.011610094 | 161 | 26767 | -99% |
| 1928 | 28994 | 0.012823966 | 201 | 28793 | -99% |
| 1929 | 29772 | 0.013581175 | 200 | 29572 | -99% |
| 1930 | 32349 | 0.014550072 | 164 | 32185 | -99% |
| 1931 | 31973 | 0.015193642 | 151 | 31822 | -99% |
| 1932 | 31947 | 0.015131594 | 138 | 31809 | -99% |
| 1933 | 31458 | 0.015733467 | 126 | 31332 | -99% |
| 1934 | 33296 | 0.016032342 | 129 | 33167 | -99% |
| 1935 | 34075 | 0.016304826 | 128 | 33947 | -99% |
| 1936 | 33588 | 0.016167033 | 98 | 33490 | -99% |
| 1937 | 33091 | 0.015531072 | 118 | 32973 | -99% |
| 1938 | 34508 | 0.015596328 | 121 | 34387 | -99% |
| 1939 | 35491 | 0.016107203 | 107 | 35384 | -99% |
| 1940 | 37533 | 0.016300008 | 108 | 37425 | -99% |
| 1941 | 39229 | 0.01610136 | 120 | 39109 | -99% |
| 1942 | 43718 | 0.016003614 | 127 | 43591 | -99% |
| 1943 | 46456 | 0.016458841 | 119 | 46337 | -99% |
| 1944 | 45737 | 0.017002249 | 97 | 45640 | -100% |
| 1945 | 46151 | 0.017396638 | 106 | 46045 | -100% |
| 1946 | 58989 | 0.018461317 | 120 | 58869 | -100% |
| 1947 | 58678 | 0.016289219 | 144 | 58534 | -100% |
| 1948 | 51090 | 0.014797946 | 120 | 50970 | -100% |
| 1949 | 51058 | 0.014651886 | 115 | 50943 | -100% |
| 1950 | 51100 | 0.014585964 | 96 | 51004 | -100% |
| 1951 | 54635 | 0.01483147 | 94 | 54541 | -100% |
| 1952 | 58456 | 0.015391234 | 105 | 58351 | -100% |
| 1953 | 58524 | 0.015186791 | 134 | 58390 | -100% |
| 1954 | 57150 | 0.014356829 | 103 | 57047 | -100% |
| 1955 | 53685 | 0.013371002 | 125 | 53560 | -100% |
| 1956 | 53034 | 0.012862845 | 128 | 52906 | -100% |
| 1957 | 52570 | 0.012510524 | 117 | 52453 | -100% |
| 1958 | 50112 | 0.012121186 | 118 | 49994 | -100% |
| 1959 | 47311 | 0.011381808 | 129 | 47182 | -99% |
| 1960 | 43663 | 0.010511274 | 124 | 43539 | -99% |
| 1961 | 41274 | 0.009964865 | 130 | 41144 | -99% |
| 1962 | 39547 | 0.009801426 | 140 | 39407 | -99% |
| 1963 | 40926 | 0.010339203 | 154 | 40772 | -99% |
| 1964 | 40231 | 0.01034864 | 136 | 40095 | -99% |
| 1965 | 36965 | 0.010195889 | 134 | 36831 | -99% |
| 1966 | 34602 | 0.009955774 | 145 | 34457 | -99% |
| 1967 | 33748 | 0.009940843 | 166 | 33582 | -99% |
| 1968 | 33138 | 0.009808892 | 163 | 32975 | -99% |
| 1969 | 31261 | 0.008995068 | 173 | 31088 | -99% |
| 1970 | 30602 | 0.008485231 | 160 | 30442 | -99% |
| 1971 | 26300 | 0.007662536 | 144 | 26156 | -99% |
| 1972 | 22444 | 0.007140907 | 139 | 22305 | -99% |
| 1973 | 20082 | 0.006656608 | 138 | 19944 | -99% |
| 1974 | 18726 | 0.006159869 | 90 | 18636 | -99% |
| 1975 | 17818 | 0.005901225 | 130 | 17688 | -99% |
| 1976 | 16883 | 0.005564029 | 128 | 16755 | -98% |
| 1977 | 17572 | 0.005532028 | 131 | 17441 | -99% |
| 1978 | 16827 | 0.005301813 | 95 | 16732 | -99% |
| 1979 | 16836 | 0.005060474 | 123 | 16713 | -99% |
| 1980 | 16776 | 0.004870387 | 121 | 16655 | -99% |
| 1981 | 16968 | 0.004904991 | 115 | 16853 | -99% |
| 1982 | 16851 | 0.004803672 | 132 | 16719 | -98% |
| 1983 | 16019 | 0.004625389 | 127 | 15892 | -98% |
| 1984 | 15712 | 0.00450374 | 106 | 15606 | -99% |
| 1985 | 15446 | 0.004327853 | 116 | 15330 | -98% |
| 1986 | 15134 | 0.004254774 | 122 | 15012 | -98% |
| 1987 | 14514 | 0.004025528 | 111 | 14403 | -98% |
| 1988 | 14258 | 0.003858873 | 111 | 14147 | -98% |
| 1989 | 14203 | 0.00369453 | 69 | 14134 | -99% |
| 1990 | 13633 | 0.00344943 | 54 | 13579 | -99% |
| 1991 | 12608 | 0.003236897 | 55 | 12553 | -99% |
| 1992 | 11360 | 0.002957501 | 32 | 11328 | -99% |
| 1993 | 10259 | 0.002721123 | 28 | 10231 | -99% |
| 1994 | 9551 | 0.002569213 | 36 | 9515 | -99% |
| 1995 | 8805 | 0.002404411 | 22 | 8783 | -100% |
| 1996 | 8209 | 0.002250864 | 29 | 8180 | -99% |
| 1997 | 7258 | 0.002001858 | 16 | 7242 | -100% |
| 1998 | 6968 | 0.001894463 | 14 | 6954 | -100% |
| 1999 | 6513 | 0.00176325 | 12 | 6501 | -100% |
| 2000 | 6365 | 0.001683956 | 11 | 6354 | -100% |
| 2001 | 5782 | 0.00154464 | 11 | 5771 | -100% |
| 2002 | 5333 | 0.001426648 | 11 | 5322 | -100% |
| 2003 | 5064 | 0.001331925 | 10 | 5054 | -100% |
| 2004 | 4871 | 0.00127492 | 23 | 4848 | -99% |
| 2005 | 4672 | 0.001215228 | 5 | 4667 | -100% |
| 2006 | 4476 | 0.001131505 | 8 | 4468 | -100% |
| 2007 | 4433 | 0.001109011 | 8 | 4425 | -100% |
| 2008 | 4065 | 0.001034325 | 5 | 4060 | -100% |
| 2009 | 3618 | 0.000947246 | 7 | 3611 | -100% |
| 2010 | 3243 | 0.000877638 | 5 | 3238 | -100% |
| 2011 | 3165 | 0.000865427 | 3165 | -100% | |
| 2012 | 3033 | 0.000829448 | 5 | 3028 | -100% |
| 2013 | 2798 | 0.000767669 | 2798 | -100% | |
| 2014 | 2885 | 0.00077859 | 2885 | -100% | |
| 2015 | 2686 | 0.000725976 | 2686 | -100% | |
| 2016 | 2523 | 0.00068793 | 2523 | -100% | |
| 2017 | 2284 | 0.000638932 | 2284 | -100% | |
| 2018 | 2137 | 0.000608113 | 2137 | -100% | |
| 2019 | 1989 | 0.000573399 | 1989 | -100% | |
| 2020 | 1825 | 0.00054676 | 1825 | -100% | |
| 2021 | 1781 | 0.000526193 | 1781 | -100% | |
| 2022 | 1686 | 0.000499022 | 6 | 1680 | -99% |
| 2023 | 1638 | 0.000496778 | 1638 | -100% |