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Baby name
Richard
Boy
Origin of the name
Richard comes from the Old High German Rīcohard, “powerful ruler.” Richard the Lionheart, king of England, made it famous.
Classic name
2,577,552births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 5rank at its peak, in 1946
Where babies named Richard are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Richard is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Richard is most common in Maine (1.8 times), Vermont (1.7) and Massachusetts (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
One letter apart
- Richardo 2,065
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