Dick
Dick is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 138th, in 1934.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 19341,131 births
- Best rank
- #138in 1934
- Since 1880
- 29,273people given the name
The story in the numbers
29,273 boys have been named Dick in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1934, with 1,131 births — 0.11% of all boys recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 1,131 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1936, and the 1930s alone account for 35%. It has spent 89 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Dick | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 246 | |
| 1890s | 249 | |
| 1900s | 329 | |
| 1910s | 1,517 | |
| 1920s | 5,498 | |
| 1930s | 10,163 | |
| 1940s | 7,562 | |
| 1950s | 2,140 | |
| 1960s | 1,110 | |
| 1970s | 288 | |
| 1980s | 121 | |
| 1990s | 33 | |
| 2000s | 17 |
In 1934, its biggest year
Dick was the 138th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1934 were Robert, James, John, William and Richard. See all of 1934.
Names that rose and fell with Dick
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Bobpeak 1959
- Jimmiepeak 1934
- Genepeak 1937
- Billpeak 1947
- Lowellpeak 1931
- Hueypeak 1935
- Donpeak 1946
- Doycepeak 1934
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.