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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Rich

Rich was the 4017th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 497th with 256 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,224 places. More babies were named Rich in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,017 boys, down 620 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
27boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
1962256 babies
Total since 1880
4,407babies recorded

Rich popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#4,01727
2020#3,39733
2010#7,47511
2000#4,34318
1990#3,03921
1980#4,06810
1970#1,01265
1960#526231
1950#1,60622
1940#1,78716
1930——
1920#4,1886
1910——
1900#1,0348
1890#9766
1880#7328

How popular is Rich, counting every spelling?

Rich has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Rich?

27 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Rich (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Rich born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 310 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Rich.

Chance of another Rich in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inFloridaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Rich?

About 3,300 people born in the US named Rich are alive today, with a median age of 61; half are between 41 and 66. That makes Rich a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Rich by state

How common Rich was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesFL0.03
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Rich, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Rich: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Rich, they share its era and feel.

Rich is also a nickname for Richard.

Questions about the name Rich

How popular is the name Rich?

Rich was the 4017th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 27 babies. Its best year was 1962, when it ranked 497th with 256 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,224 places. More babies were named Rich in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Rich a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Rich in the US.

Where is Rich most popular?

In 2021–2025, Rich was most common in Florida (0.03 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Texas.