Dick

Boy name

Dick has been given to 29,321 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1934.

Meaning & origin /dɪk/

Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

29,321

Peak year

1934 (1,131 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

New / returning

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Dick.

30,652 babies since 1889

22,834 babies since 1884

22,585 babies since 1893

38,024 babies since 1895

17,297 babies since 1880

41,677 babies since 1881

15,044 babies since 1880

45,832 babies since 1880

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