Richardson
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RICH-erd-sun
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #7,675 for boys
Richardson is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Richard”. In 2025 it ranked 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Richardson mean?
English: English surname; Richard is Germanic 'brave ruler'
“son of Richard”
Is Richardson a girl's or a boy's name?
Richardson is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 10 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Richardson in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,675th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Richardson, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2000, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the boys named Richardson in the US since 1880 were born between 1967 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Richardson in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 14 | #6,215 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 14 | #6,048 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 11 | #6,899 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 14 | #5,487 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 8 | #6,612 |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 14 | #4,284 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 9 | #5,513 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 13 | #3,700 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 5 | #6,517 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 11 | #3,690 |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 8 | #4,155 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 5 | #5,462 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 8 | #3,519 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1965 | 5 | #3,928 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 6 | #3,638 |
| 1961 | 7 | #3,354 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #3,986 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 6 | #3,503 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 9 | #2,708 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 8 | #2,842 |
| 1950 | 5 | #3,678 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 7 | #2,962 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 7 | #2,871 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 8 | #2,646 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,360 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,387 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,236 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #3,814 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
Names like Richardson
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Harrison, Jackson, Jameson, Mason, Anderson, Hudson, Remington, Stetson, Weston, Ashton, Easton, Colton
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Richardson: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/richardson, updated 20 October 2026.