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Ric

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Ric is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
fewer than 5 births
Births in 2024
0not in the data
Peak year
195855 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1942
1,270people given the name
Babies named Ric, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,270 boys have been named Ric in the United States since 1942, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 55 births.

The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 55 at the peak.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1963, and the 1950s alone account for 30%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Ric
1940s114
1950s386
1960s329
1970s151
1980s166
1990s87
2000s29
2010s8

In 1958, its biggest year

Ric was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1958 were Michael, David, James, Robert and John. See all of 1958.

Names that rose and fell with Ric

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

Other spellings in the data

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.