RICHARD is ranked as the 8th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 2,708,250.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 849.36 people named RICHARD for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named RICHARD is 1,757,661.
The SSA data also shows that RICHARD is used as a boy's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
RICHARD is
79.7% White,
6.1% Hispanic origin,
10.5% Black,
1.8% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.4% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name RICHARD have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name RICHARD is included in the following name categories:
German masculine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
English masculine given name
French masculine given name
US masculine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common US masculine given name - Census Bureau Data
Common Swedish masculine given name - SCB Data
Masculine given name
English surname
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name RICHARD
The state with the most people named
RICHARD is
California where
351,410 people have this name.
Vermont is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named RICHARD, as
1236.24 in every 100,000
Vermontians
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
California.
Vermont is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Alabama
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name RICHARD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
91,344
709.16
100.0%
Indiana
47,679
722.76
100.0%
Iowa
32,749
1053.99
100.0%
Kansas
18,228
627.67
99.9%
Michigan
112,028
1130.47
100.0%
Minnesota
61,000
1117.8
100.0%
Missouri
12,438
415.41
99.9%
Nebraska
11,964
635.88
99.9%
North Dakota
3,997
540.46
99.6%
Ohio
83,687
721.81
100.0%
South Dakota
4,474
524.44
99.7%
Wisconsin
68,488
1189.52
100.0%
West States
State stats for the first name RICHARD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
5,145
698.3
99.8%
Arizona
48,768
724.47
100.0%
California
351,410
905.64
100.0%
Colorado
36,433
680.25
100.0%
Hawaii
10,482
738.38
100.0%
Idaho
10,767
658.75
99.9%
Montana
7,013
685.14
99.8%
Nevada
19,526
687.74
99.9%
New Mexico
15,592
747.61
99.9%
Oregon
28,911
728.18
99.9%
Utah
15,619
530.73
99.9%
Washington
75,723
1072.33
100.0%
Wyoming
4,308
737.5
99.8%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name RICHARD
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Connecticut
26,991
750.45
100.0%
Maine
11,684
878.41
99.9%
Massachusetts
55,658
825.13
100.0%
New Hampshire
14,053
1059.14
99.9%
New Jersey
62,900
703.72
100.0%
New York
232,540
1177.64
100.0%
Pennsylvania
100,090
782.74
100.0%
Rhode Island
8,650
819.73
100.0%
Vermont
7,746
1236.24
99.9%
South States
State stats for the first name RICHARD
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have RICHARD as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named RICHARD.
The most popular full name is RICHARD Smith.
0.75% of all the people named RICHARD
have this family name.
There are 119169 last
names associated with this first name.
Top 20 Last Names
paired with the first name RICHARD