Richard

Boy · recorded 1880–2025

  • #234in 2025
  • 1 in 1,134boys in 2025
  • −37%last ten years
  • 1.9×in New Mexico

Most popular in 1946. Quieter now: down 37% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

018,12536,24918801916195319892025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Richard, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
18806,589
18816,363
18826,562
18836,203
18846,545
18856,234
18866,499
18876,134
18886,388
18896,430
18906,692
18916,018
18926,572
18936,517
18946,979
18956,193
18966,975
18976,226
18987,099
18997,005
19007,583
19017,364
19027,403
19037,230
19047,469
19057,808
19068,141
19078,411
19088,060
19098,701
19108,517
19118,983
19129,741
19139,964
191410,185
191510,775
191611,385
191711,793
191812,159
191912,693
192014,102
192114,868
192216,116
192317,231
192418,754
192520,852
192622,641
192723,753
192825,996
192927,493
193029,331
193130,608
193230,464
193331,599
193432,120
193532,598
193632,293
193730,914
193831,001
193931,970
194032,286
194131,842
194231,563
194332,466
194433,490
194534,213
194636,249
194731,992
194829,049
194928,719
195028,489
195128,967
195230,021
195329,605
195427,979
195526,004
195625,015
195724,312
195823,561
195922,114
196020,425
196119,368
196219,056
196320,074
196420,122
196519,793
196619,320
196719,260
196818,974
196917,384
197016,382
197114,789
197213,753
197312,795
197411,852
197511,328
197610,677
197710,615
197810,192
19799,708
19809,337
19819,410
19829,213
19838,863
19848,647
19858,295
19868,153
19877,714
19887,389
19897,063
19906,611
19916,213
19925,673
19935,216
19944,925
19954,614
19964,319
19973,842
19983,638
19993,386
20003,235
20012,970
20022,741
20032,559
20042,442
20052,337
20062,174
20072,132
20081,990
20091,821
20101,688
20111,666
20121,597
20131,480
20141,503
20151,402
20161,331
20171,235
20181,177
20191,109
20201,059
20211,019
2022967
2023962
2024896
2025881

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. New Mexico 1.9×
  2. Connecticut 1.7×
  3. South Carolina 1.7×
  4. Mississippi 1.6×
  5. Idaho 1.6×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
1,505
Rank in 2025
#234
How rare
1 in 1,134 boys
Since 1880
2,577,552

Most popular in 1946, at 36,250 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 37% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
New Mexico1.9×33
Connecticut1.7×63
South Carolina1.7×98
Mississippi1.6×50
Idaho1.6×37

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.