Ricard
Ricard is a name with a single cultural origin: Catalan.
- Catalan
Meaning & Origin of Ricard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ricard is a name with a single cultural origin: Catalan.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Catalan
The Story of Ricard
The earliest SSA record of Ricard as a baby boy name dates back to 1930, when 5 babies received it. 1990 was its biggest year on record, with 18 newborns named Ricard — #3,309 in the national rankings. About 26% of every Ricard on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Ricard last appeared in the published SSA data in 1994, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 419 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1930s to the 2020s.
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About the name Ricard
Ricard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1930 and has accumulated 419 births in the dataset. Ricard's peak popularity came in 1990 when it ranked #3,309. Use the chart and map above to compare Ricard'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.