Richard

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: French

Meaning

Richard is a masculine given name. It originates, via Old French, from Old Frankish and is a compound of the words descending from Proto-Germanic *rฤซk- 'ruler, leader, king' and *hardu- 'strong, brave, hardy', and it therefore means 'strong in rule'.

From Wikipedia

Richard first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1991 with 798 babies (rank #60 that year). In 2024 it was given to 68 boys (rank #457). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Richard

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Richard yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

8,364
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
798
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
1991798#60
1992718#65
1993602#71
1994503#74
1995516#79
1996464#80
1997388#91
1998367#99
1999319#104
2000283#111
2001282#116
2002230#135
2003215#141
2004225#140
2005166#185
2006178#185
2007159#205
2008178#189
2009165#206
2010144#236
2011128#254
2012148#239
2013126#269
2014135#259
2015131#266
2016125#283
201798#338
2018109#311
201990#351
202079#395
202187#363
202272#410
202368#431
202468#457