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Rick

boy name
Origin
Germanic
Syllables
1
Peak era
1950s/1960s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

powerful ruler (nickname for Richard); immortalized by Rick Blaine in Casablanca (1942)

The story

Rick is Richard stripped for action, an old Germanic royal name meaning powerful ruler, cut down to one confident syllable. Its immortal bearer is Rick Blaine, the nightclub owner Humphrey Bogart played in Casablanca in 1942, the cynic in the white dinner jacket who insists he looks out only for himself and then proves otherwise. Before the 1920s Rick barely appears in American records as a name in its own right; after the war it took off, and its biggest decades were the 1950s and 1960s, when Casablanca's afterglow, the teen idol Ricky Nelson and a broad fashion for breezy nicknames all overlapped. Which of them did the real work is impossible to untangle, but the rise sits right there on the chart. Rick has eased since to a steady, modest level: short, midcentury cool, forever leaning on a piano in Morocco.

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The formal names behind Rick

Rick is an established short form of this name.

Richard · Germanic origin · brave ruler

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Rick's name family

One shared root links 7 names across 2 languages.

Shared root: from Germanic Ricohard, ric "power" + hard "brave, hardy"

The constellation

RickEnglish · short formRichardEnglishRicardoSpanish

More branches

RickyEnglish · short formRickeyEnglish · short formRichieEnglish · short formDixonEnglish · surname form

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How popular is Rick around the world?

In the United States, 269 babies were named Rick between 2020 and 2025. At the 2022 census, 3,557 people in Brazil were named Rick, ranked 3,473rd, with a median age of 19.

Rick is on the official records of the United States, Brazil and Spain.

United States

1 in 81,000

In the United States, 269 babies were named Rick between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1950s2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Rick peaked in the 1950s and the 1960s in nearly equal measure.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Brazil

1 in 56,000

At the 2022 census, 3,557 people in Brazil were named Rick, ranked 3,473rd, with a median age of 19.
Among people named Rick living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2000s than in any other decade.

1960speak 2000s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 248 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Spain

1 in 970,000

In Spain, 46 residents are named Rick, ranked 15,671st among men, with a mean age of 34.5 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Argentina

last on record 2023

Rick is not on the 2024 record for Argentina, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Austria

last on record 2024

Rick is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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Canada

last on record 2023

Rick is not on the 2024 record for Canada, where names under 5 in a year are excluded at source.

1991peak 20032024

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)

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Chile

last on record 2020

Rick is not on the 2021 record for Chile, where nametree keeps the spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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England and Wales

last on record 2023

Rick is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Ireland

last on record 2007

Rick is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names

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Mexico City City

last on record 2021

Rick is not on the 2022 record for Mexico City, where small counts are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023, a partial extract through 3 Mar with no cell on record for this name, is excluded. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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New Zealand

last on record 1992

Rick is not on the 2025 record for New Zealand, where names under 10 in a year are excluded at source.

peak 19872025

share of that year’s name registrations

First given names from New Zealand birth registrations, grouped by registration year; any name under 10 in a year is excluded at source. Shares divide by Stats NZ’s count of births registered to mothers living in New Zealand, under 1% below the registry’s own count. Source: Department of Internal Affairs (New Zealand), baby name popularity over time

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South Australia

last on record 2011

Rick is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.

1944peak 19872017

share of that year’s name registrations

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Puerto Rico, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Rick

Most people given the name Rick in the United States were born between 1950 and 1979. The Rick you meet today is most often in his 50s or 60s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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