Rickard
Meaning and origin
Cognate with English Richard. First recorded in Sweden as Rikard in the 1160s.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Rickard (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Rickard has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 1999. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Boys |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 91 |
| 1999 | 108 |
| 2000 | 72 |
| 2001 | 64 |
| 2002 | 51 |
| 2003 | 41 |
| 2004 | 49 |
| 2005 | 30 |
| 2006 | 29 |
| 2007 | 23 |
| 2008 | 16 |
| 2009 | 15 |
| 2010 | 16 |
| 2011 | 15 |
| 2012 | 8 |
| 2013 | 8 |
| 2014 | 7 |
| 2015 | 8 |
| 2016 | 4 |
| 2017 | 5 |
| 2018 | 2 |
| 2019 | 3 |
| 2020 | – |
| 2021 | 3 |
| 2022 | 2 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Men and boys |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 10,851 |
| 2000 | 10,997 |
| 2001 | 11,127 |
| 2002 | 11,235 |
| 2003 | 11,370 |
| 2004 | 11,483 |
| 2005 | 11,453 |
| 2006 | 11,507 |
| 2007 | 11,511 |
| 2008 | 11,553 |
| 2009 | 11,530 |
| 2010 | 11,506 |
| 2011 | 11,485 |
| 2012 | 11,464 |
| 2013 | 11,443 |
| 2014 | 11,425 |
| 2015 | 11,407 |
| 2016 | 11,375 |
| 2017 | 11,348 |
| 2018 | 11,333 |
| 2019 | 11,302 |
| 2020 | 11,304 |
Rickard in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Rickard.Hi! My name is Rickard.
- Rickard bor i Umeå och jobbar som snickare.Rickard lives in Umeå and works as a carpenter.
- Vet du om Rickard kommer på festen på lördag?Do you know if Rickard is coming to the party on Saturday?
- Rickards mamma är lärare.Rickard's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Rickards mamma is Rickard's mum.
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Questions about Rickard
How do you pronounce Rickard in Swedish?
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What does the name Rickard mean?
Cognate with English Richard. First recorded in Sweden as Rikard in the 1160s.
How popular is Rickard in Sweden?
2 babies were named Rickard in 2022. In 2020, 11,304 people in Sweden had Rickard as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 1999 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.