Meaning not yet researched.
Dick: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 0 in 2025. Its best rank was #138 in 1934.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Fewer than five US boys were given it in 2025. It peaked at #138 in 1934. No US babies were recorded with the name Dick in 2025.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
Given to fewer than five US boys in 2025; it peaked at #138 in 1934.
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Dick: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 0 boys in 2025. Peak: #138 in 1934 · most boys in one year: 1,131 (1934).
Fewer than five US boys were named Dick in 2025, so it does not appear in that year’s SSA list for boys. Its best rank for boys was #138, reached in 1934. That year also had the most boys given the name: 1,131. For comparison, it was unranked (under five boys) in 2015 and #411 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Dick in 117 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 25 babies. In all, 29,321 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1930s, with 10,180 babies named Dick.
In none of the 10 years from 2016 to 2025 were five or more US boys named Dick.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Derek (239,969 babies since 1880), Derrick (146,344 babies since 1880) and Dirk (10,955 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Dyce and Dice are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Richard and Rick.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Dyce (96), Dice (14).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | — | — | 5 | #11,904 |
| 2002 | — | — | 6 | #9,690 |
| 2000 | — | — | 6 | #9,411 |
| 1995 | — | — | 6 | #8,075 |
| 1994 | — | — | 6 | #8,032 |
| 1993 | — | — | 6 | #7,888 |
| 1992 | — | — | 5 | #8,769 |
| 1990 | — | — | 10 | #5,094 |
| 1989 | — | — | 10 | #4,914 |
| 1987 | — | — | 12 | #3,789 |
| 1986 | — | — | 10 | #4,213 |
| 1985 | — | — | 13 | #3,456 |
| 1984 | — | — | 11 | #3,768 |
| 1983 | — | — | 19 | #2,511 |
| 1982 | — | — | 17 | #2,737 |
| 1981 | — | — | 9 | #4,241 |
| 1980 | — | — | 20 | #2,464 |
| 1979 | — | — | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1978 | — | — | 21 | #2,225 |
| 1977 | — | — | 19 | #2,389 |
| 1976 | — | — | 21 | #2,191 |
| 1975 | — | — | 23 | #2,023 |
| 1974 | — | — | 33 | #1,523 |
| 1973 | — | — | 35 | #1,442 |
| 1972 | — | — | 29 | #1,611 |
| 1971 | — | — | 38 | #1,384 |
| 1970 | — | — | 52 | #1,143 |
| 1969 | — | — | 57 | #1,017 |
| 1968 | — | — | 62 | #920 |
| 1967 | — | — | 74 | #833 |
| 1966 | — | — | 65 | #896 |
| 1965 | — | — | 99 | #746 |
| 1964 | — | — | 109 | #737 |
| 1963 | — | — | 129 | #682 |
| 1962 | — | — | 148 | #632 |
| 1961 | — | — | 181 | #588 |
| 1960 | — | — | 186 | #573 |
| 1959 | — | — | 219 | #531 |
| 1958 | — | — | 234 | #504 |
| 1957 | — | — | 201 | #545 |
| 1956 | — | — | 192 | #547 |
| 1955 | — | — | 182 | #548 |
| 1954 | — | — | 167 | #569 |
| 1953 | — | — | 215 | #477 |
| 1952 | — | — | 215 | #473 |
| 1951 | — | — | 246 | #432 |
| 1950 | — | — | 269 | #411 |
| 1949 | — | — | 340 | #368 |
| 1948 | — | — | 552 | #286 |
| 1947 | — | — | 755 | #234 |
| 1946 | — | — | 828 | #207 |
| 1945 | — | — | 758 | #196 |
| 1944 | — | — | 808 | #190 |
| 1943 | — | — | 855 | #188 |
| 1942 | — | — | 862 | #183 |
| 1941 | — | — | 893 | #171 |
| 1940 | — | — | 911 | #171 |
| 1939 | — | — | 877 | #169 |
| 1938 | — | — | 936 | #165 |
| 1937 | — | — | 1,008 | #153 |
| 1936 | — | — | 1,088 | #141 |
| 1935 | — | — | 1,093 | #142 |
| 1934 | — | — | 1,131 | #138 |
| 1933 | 5 | #4,368 | 1,045 | #144 |
| 1932 | — | — | 1,053 | #149 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,988 | 992 | #152 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,151 | 940 | #161 |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,741 | 842 | #168 |
| 1928 | — | — | 834 | #172 |
| 1927 | — | — | 775 | #186 |
| 1926 | — | — | 650 | #209 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,760 | 564 | #233 |
| 1924 | — | — | 442 | #272 |
| 1923 | — | — | 350 | #301 |
| 1922 | — | — | 363 | #298 |
| 1921 | — | — | 349 | #309 |
| 1920 | 7 | #4,068 | 329 | #321 |
| 1919 | — | — | 269 | #347 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,416 | 251 | #371 |
| 1917 | — | — | 220 | #380 |
| 1916 | — | — | 221 | #368 |
| 1915 | — | — | 167 | #417 |
| 1914 | — | — | 129 | #422 |
| 1913 | — | — | 94 | #442 |
| 1912 | 5 | #3,077 | 77 | #447 |
| 1911 | — | — | 37 | #484 |
| 1910 | — | — | 52 | #355 |
| 1909 | — | — | 46 | #344 |
| 1908 | — | — | 34 | #407 |
| 1907 | — | — | 38 | #360 |
| 1906 | — | — | 32 | #379 |
| 1905 | — | — | 36 | #339 |
| 1904 | — | — | 24 | #436 |
| 1903 | — | — | 18 | #509 |
| 1902 | — | — | 35 | #332 |
| 1901 | — | — | 21 | #410 |
| 1900 | — | — | 45 | #315 |
| 1899 | — | — | 30 | #325 |
| 1898 | — | — | 29 | #360 |
| 1897 | — | — | 23 | #393 |
| 1896 | — | — | 27 | #370 |
| 1895 | — | — | 22 | #418 |
| 1894 | — | — | 25 | #370 |
| 1893 | — | — | 20 | #405 |
| 1892 | — | — | 24 | #386 |
| 1891 | — | — | 18 | #415 |
| 1890 | — | — | 31 | #313 |
| 1889 | — | — | 22 | #381 |
| 1888 | — | — | 27 | #353 |
| 1887 | — | — | 27 | #321 |
| 1886 | — | — | 23 | #359 |
| 1885 | — | — | 27 | #328 |
| 1884 | — | — | 37 | #285 |
| 1883 | — | — | 24 | #339 |
| 1882 | — | — | 14 | #498 |
| 1881 | — | — | 20 | #375 |
| 1880 | — | — | 25 | #341 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).