Richards is a very rare boys' name that was most common in the 1920s and has all but disappeared.
Richards is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 1983. Richards was first reported in SSA data in 1912 and peaked in 1925 (11 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 5 | — | #7,087 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #3,475 |
| 1959 | 7 | — | #3,537 |
| 1954 | 6 | — | #3,739 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #4,244 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #4,143 |
| 1946 | 6 | — | #3,461 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #3,913 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #3,874 |
| 1937 | 7 | — | #3,120 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #3,585 |
| 1930 | 8 | — | #3,238 |
| 1928 | 5 | — | #4,621 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #3,100 |
| 1925 | 11 | — | #2,715 |
| 1919 | 5 | — | #4,680 |
| 1918 | 5 | — | #4,685 |
| 1915 | 6 | — | #3,749 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,491 |