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Ryszard

Boys' name

English equivalent of Richard

Ryszard has been given to 33 babies in the U.S. since 1970. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1970, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Ryszard, 1991

1 in 779,000

Ryszard over time, 1880–2025

Boys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ryszard: meaning, origin, and history

English equivalent of Richard

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ryszard means

Ryszard is a English equivalent of Richard.

Origin, language, and formation

Ryszard is used in Polish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Richard.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Polish, Ryszard is pronounced /ˈrɘ.ʂart/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 33 boys were recorded with the name Ryszard between 1970 and 1991. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1970; its best national rank was #4,163 in 1970.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Ryszard?

Ryszard had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1991, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1991
1 in 779,000
5 of 3,892,928 births
Among boys only
1 in 404,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 1991
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
539,676 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Ryszard sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1991 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 539,676 children born in 1991 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ryszard. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ryszards were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ryszard was born before 1977 — so the typical Ryszard is around 48 today.

Median birth year
1977
About 48 years old
Biggest decade
1970s
69.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
33
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

1970s — 69.7% of all recorded uses (23).

Is Ryszard rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 1970 (7)
Years since peak
55
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Very steady
0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#4,163
1970

Spellings of Ryszard

Ryszard is not the most common spelling — Rashard is, with 98.8% against Ryszard's 1.2%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ryszard around the world

Where Ryszard ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2008–2024
    #5,120
    in 2024
  • Scotland
    2018–2018
    #595
    in 2018
  • Ireland
    2010–2011
    #730
    in 2011
  • France
    1932–1945
    #526
    in 1945
  • Norway
    1880–1987
    #553
    in 1987
  • South Australia
    1949–1982
    #424
    in 1982

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Norway and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, SSB, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Ryszard by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#4,163
1970
Peak year
1970
7 that year
First recorded
1970
Last recorded
1991
All-time count
33
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Ryszard

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

RyshawnMallardGaspardRechardKenwardRyseBennardClenardTrenardBrowardHallardGaylardLynwardEdvardLeonhardRudyardGailardPollardShephardRyserBenhardVillardConnardRyshaun

Sibling names for Ryszard

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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