Ric

Boy · recorded 1942–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1958best year

Most popular in 1958.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ric.

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Its story

Popularity since 1942

0132619421960197719952012

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 63 recorded years as a table
Ric, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19424
19439
19444
19455
194612
194711
194810
194913
195011
195120
195220
195313
195421
195520
195619
195718
195826
195922
196018
196122
196217
196314
196413
196523
196617
196713
196815
196918
197013
197113
19728
19735
197410
197510
19768
19779
19788
19796
19808
19814
19824
198310
19849
19859
198610
198712
198818
19896
19904
19916
19924
19934
19946
19954
19964
19973
19985
19995
20003
20015
20034
20043
20124

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ric isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
8
Rank in 2012
#8,864
How rare
1 in 237,118 boys
Since 1942
1,270

Ric was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1958, at 26 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ric doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.