Richard remains a common boys' name (#234 in 2025), down from a peak of #5 in 1930.
Richard is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #234 for boy births in the United States (and #450 across all names), given to 1,505 babies. Richard was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1946 (58,870 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,505 | 1,505 | — | #234 |
| 2024 | 1,544 | 1,544 | — | #233 |
| 2023 | 1,645 | 1,650 | — | #222 |
| 2022 | 1,694 | 1,699 | #14,939 | #219 |
| 2021 | 1,783 | 1,783 | — | #216 |
| 2020 | 1,828 | 1,828 | — | #208 |
| 2019 | 1,990 | 1,997 | — | #197 |
| 2018 | 2,138 | 2,145 | — | #187 |
| 2017 | 2,286 | 2,291 | — | #175 |
| 2016 | 2,525 | 2,532 | — | #160 |
| 2015 | 2,688 | 2,695 | — | #155 |
| 2014 | 2,888 | 2,908 | — | #141 |
| 2013 | 2,800 | 2,808 | — | #140 |
| 2012 | 3,034 | 3,058 | #18,976 | #123 |
| 2011 | 3,165 | 3,188 | — | #127 |
| 2010 | 3,243 | 3,290 | #19,241 | #125 |
| 2009 | 3,619 | 3,653 | #14,897 | #114 |
| 2008 | 4,065 | 4,101 | #19,839 | #108 |
| 2007 | 4,433 | 4,463 | #13,657 | #101 |
| 2006 | 4,477 | 4,520 | #13,351 | #99 |
| 2005 | 4,672 | 4,722 | #18,573 | #94 |
| 2004 | 4,871 | 4,905 | #5,513 | #92 |
| 2003 | 5,064 | 5,121 | #10,270 | #86 |
| 2002 | 5,333 | 5,397 | #9,358 | #77 |
| 2001 | 5,782 | 5,844 | #9,230 | #73 |
| 2000 | 6,365 | 6,450 | #9,026 | #65 |
| 1999 | 6,514 | 6,599 | #8,115 | #61 |
| 1998 | 6,968 | 7,044 | #7,013 | #56 |
| 1997 | 7,259 | — | #6,104 | #51 |
| 1996 | 8,211 | — | #3,805 | #45 |
| 1995 | 8,806 | — | #4,646 | #42 |
| 1994 | 9,552 | — | #3,207 | #41 |
| 1993 | 10,258 | — | #3,857 | #40 |
| 1992 | 11,364 | — | #3,479 | #41 |
| 1991 | 12,608 | — | #2,343 | #34 |
| 1990 | 13,634 | — | #2,337 | #35 |
| 1989 | 14,202 | — | #1,906 | #33 |
| 1988 | 14,255 | — | #1,311 | #32 |
| 1987 | 14,512 | — | #1,272 | #30 |
| 1986 | 15,136 | — | #1,167 | #29 |
| 1985 | 15,446 | — | #1,206 | #28 |
| 1984 | 15,713 | — | #1,229 | #27 |
| 1983 | 16,015 | — | #1,088 | #27 |
| 1982 | 16,849 | — | #1,079 | #27 |
| 1981 | 16,970 | — | #1,162 | #27 |
| 1980 | 16,777 | — | #1,129 | #26 |
| 1979 | 16,836 | — | #1,108 | #25 |
| 1978 | 16,829 | — | #1,285 | #21 |
| 1977 | 17,573 | — | #1,026 | #20 |
| 1976 | 16,880 | — | #996 | #19 |
| 1975 | 17,817 | — | #962 | #16 |
| 1974 | 18,726 | — | #1,223 | #17 |
| 1973 | 20,080 | — | #906 | #16 |
| 1972 | 22,440 | — | #906 | #14 |
| 1971 | 26,298 | — | #910 | #11 |
| 1970 | 30,602 | — | #846 | #10 |
| 1969 | 31,258 | — | #779 | #10 |
| 1968 | 33,139 | — | #787 | #8 |
| 1967 | 33,751 | — | #765 | #8 |
| 1966 | 34,602 | — | #829 | #8 |
| 1965 | 36,951 | — | #867 | #8 |
| 1964 | 40,234 | — | #894 | #8 |
| 1963 | 40,926 | — | #844 | #8 |
| 1962 | 39,562 | — | #896 | #8 |
| 1961 | 41,272 | — | #951 | #8 |
| 1960 | 43,677 | — | #964 | #8 |
| 1959 | 47,332 | — | #919 | #8 |
| 1958 | 50,125 | — | #954 | #8 |
| 1957 | 52,563 | — | #956 | #8 |
| 1956 | 53,043 | — | #883 | #7 |
| 1955 | 53,690 | — | #875 | #7 |
| 1954 | 57,145 | — | #956 | #7 |
| 1953 | 58,523 | — | #797 | #7 |
| 1952 | 58,455 | — | #904 | #7 |
| 1951 | 54,635 | — | #959 | #7 |
| 1950 | 51,099 | — | #912 | #7 |
| 1949 | 51,061 | — | #819 | #7 |
| 1948 | 51,090 | — | #788 | #7 |
| 1947 | 58,676 | — | #706 | #5 |
| 1946 | 58,990 | — | #746 | #5 |
| 1945 | 46,152 | — | #726 | #5 |
| 1944 | 45,740 | — | #776 | #5 |
| 1943 | 46,458 | — | #701 | #5 |
| 1942 | 43,720 | — | #666 | #5 |
| 1941 | 39,232 | — | #648 | #5 |
| 1940 | 37,533 | — | #667 | #5 |
| 1939 | 35,493 | — | #660 | #5 |
| 1938 | 34,506 | — | #621 | #5 |
| 1937 | 33,093 | — | #627 | #5 |
| 1936 | 33,592 | — | #669 | #5 |
| 1935 | 34,074 | — | #568 | #5 |
| 1934 | 33,296 | — | #566 | #5 |
| 1933 | 31,457 | — | #570 | #5 |
| 1932 | 31,947 | — | #558 | #5 |
| 1931 | 31,973 | — | #541 | #5 |
| 1930 | 32,351 | — | #534 | #5 |
| 1929 | 29,772 | — | #477 | #6 |
| 1928 | 28,994 | — | #484 | #6 |
| 1927 | 26,929 | — | #559 | #6 |
| 1926 | 25,262 | — | #665 | #7 |
| 1925 | 23,376 | — | #714 | #8 |
| 1924 | 21,338 | — | #771 | #8 |
| 1923 | 18,965 | — | #833 | #9 |
| 1922 | 17,612 | — | #850 | #9 |
| 1921 | 16,447 | — | #881 | #10 |
| 1920 | 15,064 | — | #1,014 | #10 |
| 1919 | 12,515 | — | #818 | #12 |
| 1918 | 12,374 | — | #1,013 | #12 |
| 1917 | 10,961 | — | #1,037 | #14 |
| 1916 | 10,177 | — | #1,079 | #15 |
| 1915 | 9,182 | — | #1,090 | #15 |
| 1914 | 6,699 | — | #1,116 | #17 |
| 1913 | 5,129 | — | #1,221 | #19 |
| 1912 | 4,211 | — | #1,109 | #19 |
| 1911 | 2,041 | — | #1,527 | #20 |
| 1910 | 1,663 | — | #1,746 | #21 |
| 1909 | 1,434 | — | #1,929 | #21 |
| 1908 | 1,250 | — | #2,061 | #23 |
| 1907 | 1,245 | — | #1,359 | #22 |
| 1906 | 1,092 | — | #1,530 | #23 |
| 1905 | 1,033 | — | — | #22 |
| 1904 | 965 | — | #1,459 | #24 |
| 1903 | 868 | — | #1,752 | #26 |
| 1902 | 914 | — | #1,755 | #26 |
| 1901 | 792 | — | #1,314 | #26 |
| 1900 | 1,141 | — | — | #24 |
| 1899 | 749 | — | #1,794 | #28 |
| 1898 | 884 | — | #1,006 | #26 |
| 1897 | 709 | — | #1,364 | #31 |
| 1896 | 839 | — | #1,769 | #26 |
| 1895 | 734 | — | #1,407 | #31 |
| 1894 | 808 | — | — | #25 |
| 1893 | 732 | — | — | #26 |
| 1892 | 809 | — | #1,249 | #27 |
| 1891 | 609 | — | — | #27 |
| 1890 | 743 | — | — | #25 |
| 1889 | 716 | — | #1,452 | #24 |
| 1888 | 780 | — | #1,020 | #26 |
| 1887 | 629 | — | #1,021 | #25 |
| 1886 | 728 | — | #881 | #23 |
| 1885 | 672 | — | — | #26 |
| 1884 | 749 | — | — | #23 |
| 1883 | 649 | — | — | #21 |
| 1882 | 746 | — | — | #22 |
| 1881 | 641 | — | — | #22 |
| 1880 | 728 | — | — | #23 |