Dick
Dick is a name with multiple cultural origins: English, Dutch.
- English
- Dutch
Meaning & Origin of Dick
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Dick is a name with multiple cultural origins: English, Dutch.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Dutch
The Story of Dick
Dick first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1880, with 25 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1934: 1,131 births, good for #138 nationwide. About 35% of every Dick on record arrived during the 1930s, its defining decade. Dick last appeared in the published SSA data in 2005, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 29K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Dick
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Dick. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Dick
Phonetically similar names — useful when Dick is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Dic
- Dich
- Dik
- Deke
- Dek
- Dicke
- Dyk
- Decke
- Deq
- Dicc
- Duck
- Deck
Source: Datamuse . Phonetic similarity ranking, not curated.
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About the name Dick
Dick is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 29K births in the dataset. Dick's peak popularity came in 1934 when it ranked #138. Use the chart and map above to compare Dick's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.