Rickard
Rickard is both an English surname and a masculine Swedish given name. It is of European origin and it is closely related to the given name Richard and the surnames Rickards and Richards.
- Swedish
Meaning & Origin of Rickard
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rickard is both an English surname and a masculine Swedish given name. It is of European origin and it is closely related to the given name Richard and the surnames Rickards and Richards.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Swedish
The Story of Rickard
Rickard first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1916, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1958, when 30 Rickards were born — ranking #1,420 that year. As of 2026, Rickard ranks #4,404 for baby boys with 8 births, with steady use. In total, more than 625 Rickards have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Rickard
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Rickard. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Richard
- Rikard
Notable people named Rickard
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- Rickard Christophers (1873–1978), British protozoologist and medical entomologist
- Rickard Deasy (1812–1883) Irish lawyer and judge
- Rickard Deasy (campaigner) (1916–1999), for farmers' rights in Ireland
- Rickard de Bermingham (died 1322), aka Rickard Mac Fheorais, Anglo-Irish lord of Athenry
- Rickard Engfors (born 1976) Swedish model, stylist and former drag queen
- Rickard Eriksson (born 1974), Swedish entrepreneur
- Rickard D. Gwydir (1844–1925), Confederate soldier, Indian agent, and early Washington pioneer
- Rickard Hallström (born 1973), Swedish curler
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Names that sound like Rickard
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About the name Rickard
Rickard is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 625 births in the dataset. Rickard's peak popularity came in 1958 when it ranked #1,420. Use the chart and map above to compare Rickard'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 .
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