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Richard

Pronounced /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.əd/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1928 · #482
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for boys:1,539 in 2024 (#232)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Richard in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1928 with 201 babies, ranked #482.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1886.
  • 9,530 girls have been named Richard since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Richard per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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  2. 0.1
    Silent
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    Boomers
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    Millennials
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    Gen Z
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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 1,167 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Silent: 2,358 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Boomers: 2,332 babies, 0.07 per 1,000. Gen X: 2,179 babies, 0.09 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,265 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Z: 151 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Middle English Rycharde, from Old French Richard, from Medieval Latin Richardus, Ricohardus, from Frankish *Rīkahard, from Proto-Germanic *Rīkaharduz, a construction of *rīks (“king, ruler”) +‎ *harduz (“hard, brave”). Cognate with Old High German Rīcohard (“Richard”). Partially related to rich. A hypothetical Old English equivalent *Rī‌ċheard would also yield an identical "Richard" in Modern English, though it is unknown if the Old English equivalent existed. ==== Proper noun ==== Richard (plural Richards) A male given name from the Germanic languages.

  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.əd/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Richard, CC BY-SA 4.0.