Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys
Origin: FrenchRichard 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
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.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 225 | #81 |
| 1956 | 277 | #71 |
| 1957 | 326 | #66 |
| 1958 | 361 | #67 |
| 1959 | 420 | #61 |
| 1960 | 521 | #47 |
| 1961 | 597 | #43 |
| 1962 | 769 | #36 |
| 1963 | 1,004 | #30 |
| 1964 | 1,292 | #21 |
| 1965 | 1,340 | #20 |
| 1966 | 1,430 | #15 |
| 1967 | 1,913 | #10 |
| 1968 | 1,929 | #8 |
| 1969 | 2,093 | #7 |
| 1970 | 1,933 | #5 |
| 1971 | 1,795 | #6 |
| 1972 | 1,591 | #7 |
| 1973 | 1,385 | #7 |
| 1974 | 1,176 | #7 |
| 1975 | 1,134 | #7 |
| 1976 | 1,013 | #7 |
| 1977 | 861 | #12 |
| 1978 | 817 | #12 |
| 1979 | 765 | #15 |
| 1980 | 782 | #13 |
| 1981 | 784 | #14 |
| 1982 | 700 | #18 |
| 1983 | 600 | #25 |
| 1984 | 579 | #28 |
| 1985 | 620 | #28 |
| 1986 | 599 | #32 |
| 1987 | 611 | #32 |
| 1988 | 494 | #34 |
| 1989 | 464 | #37 |
| 1990 | 483 | #38 |
| 1991 | 423 | #43 |
| 1992 | 384 | #49 |
| 1993 | 354 | #55 |
| 1994 | 288 | #71 |
| 1995 | 230 | #84 |
| 1996 | 206 | #93 |
| 1997 | 179 | #112 |
| 1998 | 173 | #124 |
| 1999 | 137 | #148 |
| 2000 | 112 | #184 |
| 2001 | 88 | #218 |
| 2002 | 93 | #206 |
| 2003 | 64 | #276 |
| 2004 | 71 | #245 |
| 2005 | 40 | #367 |
| 2006 | 46 | #314 |
| 2007 | 42 | #331 |
| 2008 | 34 | #377 |
| 2009 | 28 | #407 |
| 2010 | 24 | #444 |
| 2011 | 29 | #392 |
| 2012 | 15 | #573 |
| 2013 | 14 | #575 |
| 2014 | 7 | #818 |
