Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Rick” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rick” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rick” 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 “Rick” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rick” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rick” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rick” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rick” 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
1919 6 0.000002843 6 -100%
1921 5 0.000002142 5 -100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 -100%
1923 9 0.000003909 9 -100%
1924 12 0.000005039 12 -100%
1925 13 0.000005572 13 -100%
1926 17 0.000007404 17 -100%
1927 20 0.000008623 20 -100%
1928 17 0.000007519 17 -100%
1929 21 0.00000958 21 -100%
1930 20 0.000008996 20 -100%
1931 26 0.000012355 26 -100%
1932 21 0.000009947 21 -100%
1933 22 0.000011003 22 -100%
1934 21 0.000010112 21 -100%
1935 17 0.000008134 17 -100%
1936 34 0.000016365 34 -100%
1937 33 0.000015488 33 -100%
1938 38 0.000017175 38 -100%
1939 37 0.000016792 37 -100%
1940 55 0.000023885 55 -100%
1941 60 0.000024626 60 -100%
1942 96 0.000035141 96 -100%
1943 237 0.000083966 237 -100%
1944 431 0.000160218 431 -100%
1945 504 0.00018998 504 -100%
1946 829 0.000259443 829 -100%
1947 1125 0.000312299 5 1120 -99%
1948 1280 0.000370744 1280 -100%
1949 1361 0.000390556 1361 -100%
1950 1484 0.000423594 1484 -100%
1951 1896 0.000514694 1896 -100%
1952 2583 0.000680094 2583 -100%
1953 3172 0.000823117 3172 -100%
1954 3375 0.000847839 5 3370 -100%
1955 3155 0.000785788 6 3149 -100%
1956 3661 0.000887938 5 3656 -100%
1957 4673 0.001112052 10 4663 -100%
1958 5468 0.001322721 6 5462 -100%
1959 4944 0.001189035 8 4936 -100%
1960 4223 0.001016656 6 4217 -100%
1961 3745 0.000904087 13 3732 -99%
1962 3421 0.000847753 11 3410 -99%
1963 3228 0.000815522 10 3218 -99%
1964 2858 0.000735157 5 2853 -100%
1965 2262 0.000623923 8 2254 -99%
1966 1749 0.000503214 5 1744 -99%
1967 1594 0.000469528 6 1588 -99%
1968 1437 0.000425348 6 1431 -99%
1969 1272 0.000366009 1272 -100%
1970 1192 0.000330513 8 1184 -99%
1971 859 0.000250265 859 -100%
1972 682 0.000216991 682 -100%
1973 621 0.000205841 621 -100%
1974 516 0.000169737 516 -100%
1975 500 0.000165596 500 -100%
1976 458 0.000150941 458 -100%
1977 438 0.000137888 438 -100%
1978 404 0.000127289 404 -100%
1979 496 0.000149083 496 -100%
1980 442 0.00012832 442 -100%
1981 457 0.000132105 7 450 -97%
1982 495 0.000141108 5 490 -98%
1983 437 0.000126179 437 -100%
1984 387 0.000110928 387 -100%
1985 443 0.000124121 443 -100%
1986 418 0.000117512 418 -100%
1987 437 0.0001212 437 -100%
1988 385 0.000104194 385 -100%
1989 367 0.000095462 367 -100%
1990 377 0.000095383 377 -100%
1991 346 0.000088826 346 -100%
1992 312 0.000081223 312 -100%
1993 317 0.000084079 317 -100%
1994 266 0.000071551 266 -100%
1995 215 0.000058709 215 -100%
1996 214 0.000058675 214 -100%
1997 189 0.000052127 189 -100%
1998 165 0.000044859 165 -100%
1999 165 0.000044669 165 -100%
2000 165 0.000043652 165 -100%
2001 144 0.000038468 144 -100%
2002 148 0.00003959 148 -100%
2003 130 0.00003419 130 -100%
2004 120 0.000031406 120 -100%
2005 152 0.000039533 152 -100%
2006 133 0.000033618 133 -100%
2007 125 0.000031268 125 -100%
2008 111 0.000028239 111 -100%
2009 108 0.000028271 108 -100%
2010 108 0.000029223 108 -100%
2011 98 0.000026792 98 -100%
2012 82 0.000022421 82 -100%
2013 73 0.000020024 73 -100%
2014 88 0.000023743 88 -100%
2015 81 0.000021886 81 -100%
2016 66 0.00001799 66 -100%
2017 63 0.000017616 63 -100%
2018 80 0.000022754 80 -100%
2019 50 0.000014405 50 -100%
2020 53 0.000015866 53 -100%
2021 44 0.000012987 44 -100%
2022 46 0.000013597 46 -100%
2023 43 0.000012986 43 -100%
2024 42 0.000012618 42 -100%

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