# Dick (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/dick/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /dɪk/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | Dickie |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 29,321 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 29,273 / 48 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

Rhyming nickname for Rick, pet form of Richard.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1912 | 5 | 3,077 |
| 1918 | 6 | 4,416 |
| 1920 | 7 | 4,068 |
| 1925 | 8 | 3,760 |
| 1929 | 5 | 4,741 |
| 1930 | 6 | 4,151 |
| 1931 | 6 | 3,988 |
| 1933 | 5 | 4,368 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 17 | 2,737 |
| 1983 | 19 | 2,511 |
| 1984 | 11 | 3,768 |
| 1985 | 13 | 3,456 |
| 1986 | 10 | 4,213 |
| 1987 | 12 | 3,789 |
| 1989 | 10 | 4,914 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5,094 |
| 1992 | 5 | 8,769 |
| 1993 | 6 | 7,888 |
| 1994 | 6 | 8,032 |
| 1995 | 6 | 8,075 |
| 2000 | 6 | 9,411 |
| 2002 | 6 | 9,690 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,904 |

## People named Dick

- Dick Schoof, civil servant and former Prime Minister of the Netherlands, 2024-2026
- Dick Advocaat, Dutch association football player and manager
- Dick Fosbury, American athletics competitor, high jumper
- Dick Powell, American actor (1904-1963)
- Dick Scobee, American astronaut
- Dick Clark, American radio and television personality (1929–2012)
- Dick Bruna, Dutch graphic designer (1927-2017)
- Dick Francis, English jockey and crime writer
- Dick Sargent, American actor (1930-1994)
- Dick Nanninga, Dutch footballer (1949–2015)
- Dick Miller, American actor (1928-2019)
- Dick Wolf, American television producer (born 1946)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.