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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

RichardIn Hebrew: ריצ׳רד · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Richard (Hebrew: ריצ׳רד) is a boy's name of international origin. 445 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1953, with 20 babies.

People in Israel
445
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1953
20 babies
USA, 2025
1,505
rank #234

Writing and saying Richard

In Hebrew letters the name is ריצ׳רד, read right to left. Richard is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Richard by year: Israel and abroad

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Richard: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Richard in English-speaking countries

Richard in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,505#2341946 (58,870)
United Kingdom2025100#4411997 (969)
England and Wales202592#4311996 (1,089)
Scotland20255#5601974 (558)
Northern Ireland20253#3951997 (37)
Ireland202520#2291986 (386)
Alberta20259#4971982 (178)

Counts for boys. The Hebrew page for Richard has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Richard

How do you write Richard in Hebrew?

Richard is written ריצ׳רד in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Richard?

445 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name ריצ׳רד: 0 women and 445 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Richard a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named ריצ׳רד are men.

Is Richard used outside Israel?

The name Richard appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,505 boys were given it in 2025 (#234), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 100 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.