Dick
About Dick
Dick was a once-common short form of Richard; replaced by Rick or Richie, and finally by the full name itself. Rude meaning -- make that two rude meanings -- pretty much knocks this one out of consideration.
Pronounced DIK.
As of October 2026, Dick ranked #11903 in US births in 2005 SSA, peaked at #138 in 1934, Nameberry popularity #888.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
World rankings
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Dick on lists
Famous Dicks
- Richard Milhous "Dick" Nixon
37th President of the U.S.
- Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney
former U.S. Vice President
- Richard Remick "Dick" Smothers
American comedian
- Richard Alva "Dick" Cavett
American talk show host
- Richard Wayne "Dick" Van Dyke
American actor
- Richard Augustus Wagstaff "Dick" Clark
American TV presenter
- Richard Benjamin "Dick" Haymes
Argentine actor and singer
- Richard Claxton "Dick" Gregory
American comedian
- Richard "Dick" Whittington
English merchant and Lord Mayor of London
- Dick Dale (born Richard Anthony Monsour)
American surf,rock guitarist
- Richard Morrow "Dick" Groat
American baseball and basketball player
- Richard Alan "Dick" Enberg
American sportscaster
- Dick Stockton (born Richard Edward Stokvis)
American sportscaster
- Richard Ewing "Dick" Powell
American actor
- Richard "Dick" McCourt
British comedian and presenter
- Richard Anthony "Dick" Allen
American baseball player
- James Dickinson "Dick" Irvin
Canadian ice hockey player
- Richard "Dick" Turpin
English highwayman
- Richard "Dick" Winters
WW2 hero, watch Band of Brothers!
- Richard Anthony "Dick" Wolf
American television producer
Dick in pop culture
- Dick Diver
main character in F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Tender is the Night"
- Richard John "Dick" Grayson
aka Robin, Batman's sidekick
- "Dick Tracy
" comic strip and its main character
- Dick Daring
character on TV's "The Replacements"
- Dick Casablancas
character on TV's "Veronica Mars"
- Dick Solomon
character on TV's "3rd Rock from the Sun"
- Dick Halloran
character in book/film The Shining
- Dick Holland
main character in G. A. Henty's, The Tiger of Mysore
- Dick Roman
character on the TV show "Supernatural"
- Dick Ryan
character in G. A. Henty's, With Moore at Corunna, and, Under Wellington's Command
- Dick Gumshoe
character in video game 'Ace Attorney'
- Dick
character in "The Famous Five" by Enid Blyton
- Dick's
American sporting goods chain
- "Dick Whittington and His Cat"
17th century Broadside Ballad
- "Dick o the Cow"
A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"