The name Richard has significantly declined in popularity over the past century, and use of Dick as a nickname for it has declined even more. Its use as a term

The name Richard has significantly declined in popularity over the past century, and use of Dick as a nickname for it has declined even more. Its use as a term of contempt predates Nixon by about 300 years: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_(slang) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dick_(slang)