Rick

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Rick: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Rick: Recorded since 1996, it reached #629 in 2007, and it stood at #4,991 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
15times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#629highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1591
1997	#2337
1998	#2074
1999	#2425
2004	#2304
2006	#4052
2008	#4432
2009	#4527
2011	#3830
2013	#4685
2014	#3895
2017	#4812
2022	#3449
2023	#4991

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 14 of the 28 years from 1996 to 2023.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1591 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #4991 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Rick by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Rick in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	20	4 of 10	5
2000s	15	4 of 10	4
2010s	14	4 of 10	4
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rick appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2007.

Rick's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#4991	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#4812	3	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3895	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2304	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2425	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1591	7	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2023, ranked in 15 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #629, first reached in 2007.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 7 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 7 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
4 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
7separate stretches the record falls into6 to 9 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#4,991position in 2023, its most recent recorded year
11 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 11 to 20 years →
7births registered in its largest year, 1996Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Richie · #409, 30y
Richmond · #1991, 22y
Ricky · #68, 56y
Rico · #475, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Balazs · #629, 13y
Brandyn · #629, 11y
Grantas · #629, 10y
Maksims · #629, 11y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abdurahman · #629, 29y
Abid · #629, 29y
Austen · #629, 29y
Brandyn · #629, 11y

Rick was ranked #629 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2007. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Rick and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Rick without appearing here.

Rick moved ahead of

Barry Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4812 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #3449 and #4001.

Moved ahead of Rick

Willow Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3449 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2325.
Jade Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3895 and #4632 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4991 and #2813.
Erin Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #2578 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2282.
Henrik Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2304 and #3651 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #4052 and #2538.

Moved the opposite way to Rick

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rick went from #1591 to #4991 while Albie went from #853 to #22.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rick went from #1591 to #4991 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rick went from #1591 to #4991 while Alfred went from #218 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rick went from #1591 to #4991 while Archie went from #192 to #13.

Moved the same way as Rick

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rick went from #1591 to #4991 and Aaron from #33 to #146.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rick went from #1591 to #4991 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rick went from #1591 to #4991 and Alan from #163 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Rick went from #1591 to #4991 and Alex from #43 to #152.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #629 in Republic of Ireland in 2007. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

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