# Richard name report

Canonical URL: https://babynameranks.com/name/m/richard
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Richard ranked #234 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #234.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #234
- Birth count: 1,505
- Rate per 10,000: 8.81

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Richard
- Rank: #234
- Birth count: 1,505
- Rate per 10,000: 8.81
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.01
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.05
- Expected per school of 300: 0.14
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 4.4%

## Trend
- Label: past peak
- Peak rate year: 1946
- Best rank year: 1930
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 2.4%

## Spelling components
- Richard: 1,505 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://babynameranks.com/methodology