Richard Variations & Nicknames
Honor Richard with a different spelling, a familiar short form, or a form used in another language. Each choice below identifies its connection to the name family and has its own U.S. popularity history.
| Save name | Name & connection | History 1926–2025, yearly counts; individually scaled | Babies 2025 · rank | 5-year rank movement | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
An English form or familiar short form of Richard. | 1,505#234 | Down 26 rank positions in five years | 1946 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Richard. | 248#949 | Down 252 rank positions in five years | 1958 | ||
An international form or spelling of Richard. | 833#380 | Down 41 rank positions in five years | 1998 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Richard. | 40#3,076 | Down 619 rank positions in five years | 1958 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Richard. | 45#2,826 | Down 694 rank positions in five years | 1958 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Richard. | —Unranked | — | 1934 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Richard. | 13#6,724 | Down 1,901 rank positions in five years | 1954 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Richard. | 85#1,861 | Up 114 rank positions in five years | 1964 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Richard family. | 52#3,126 | Up 539 rank positions in five years | 1994 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Richard. | —Unranked | — | 1947 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Richard family. | 28#4,852 | Down 612 rank positions in five years | 1994 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Richard. | 27#4,016 | Down 621 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
An international form or spelling of Richard. | 16#5,792 | Up 2,146 rank positions in five years | 1979 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Richard. | —Unranked | — | 1958 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Richard. | —Unranked | — | 1948 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Richard family. | —Unranked | — | 1954 | ||
An English form or familiar short form of Richard. | 5#13,473 | Down 1,763 rank positions in five years | 1962 | ||
An international form or spelling of Richard. | 13#6,726 | Down 2,336 rank positions in five years | 2024 | ||
An international form or spelling of Richard. | —Unranked | — | 1990 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Richard family. | —Unranked | — | 1944 | ||
An international form or spelling of Richard. | —Unranked | — | 1970 | ||
A feminine form or familiar short form in the Richard family. | —Unranked | — | 1993 | ||
An international form or spelling of Richard. | —Unranked | — | 2011 |
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Sources & methodology
Meaning summaries use Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) and referenced name histories. Each name’s detail page includes its sources.
Membership on this list is editorial — we chose names that genuinely fit the theme. Every number is from official birth data: "—" means the name had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, which makes it a genuinely rare pick today, not an invalid one. The dot marks whether the stats shown are for the girls' or boys' use of the name.