Richard Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Richard: every year it appeared on the national list since 1880, with 2,577,552 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

2,577,552

Peak year

1946 #5

Years on the list

146

10-year trend

-24.2%

In the 1940s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1880–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	3,165	#127
2012	3,029	#123
2013	2,800	#140
2014	2,888	#141
2015	2,688	#155
2016	2,525	#160
2017	2,286	#175
2018	2,138	#187
2019	1,990	#197
2020	1,828	#208
2021	1,783	#216
2022	1,688	#219
2023	1,645	#222
2024	1,544	#233
2025	1,505	#234

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1946

7,155

4,680

4,645

3,755

3,532

3,166

Names from the same era

Don · 1946 Domingo · 1946 Connie · 1946 Lupe · 1946 James · 1947 John · 1947 Robert · 1947 William · 1947 Charles · 1947 Ronald · 1947

Names similar to Richard

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