Richie
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #1,852 for boys in 2025, 85 births
Given to boys 94.3% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 220 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,144since 1919
Richie over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | #1,852 | 85 |
| 2024 | #10,271 | 9 | #1,795 | 91 |
| 2023 | — | #2,173 | 66 | |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 | #1,875 | 84 |
| 2021 | — | #2,173 | 65 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,962 | 73 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,364 | 57 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,579 | 49 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,597 | 48 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,047 | 69 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,055 | 69 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,920 | 75 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,623 | 45 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,036 | 68 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,346 | 54 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,100 | 64 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,975 | 71 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,207 | 60 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,972 | 71 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,893 | 71 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,081 | 59 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,815 | 68 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,739 | 70 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,943 | 57 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,572 | 76 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,585 | 74 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,580 | 69 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,558 | 68 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,423 | 76 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,141 | 104 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,430 | 69 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,340 | 76 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,379 | 70 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,187 | 88 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,130 | 94 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,353 | 68 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,074 | 95 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,076 | 85 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,439 | 50 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,269 | 58 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,228 | 60 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,144 | 63 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,534 | 39 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,088 | 70 | |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #1,294 | 51 |
| 1980 | — | #1,089 | 69 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,034 | 73 | |
| 1978 | — | #795 | 114 | |
| 1977 | — | #895 | 90 | |
| 1976 | — | #845 | 97 | |
| 1975 | — | #774 | 114 | |
| 1974 | — | #769 | 110 | |
| 1973 | — | #852 | 86 | |
| 1972 | — | #671 | 143 | |
| 1971 | #5,543 | 9 | #692 | 143 |
| 1970 | — | #624 | 169 | |
| 1969 | — | #611 | 163 | |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 | #571 | 176 |
| 1967 | — | #550 | 183 | |
| 1966 | — | #564 | 182 | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | #551 | 193 |
| 1964 | #4,355 | 10 | #527 | 220 |
| 1963 | #5,891 | 6 | #575 | 188 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 | #604 | 164 |
| 1961 | #4,882 | 8 | #687 | 124 |
| 1960 | #4,773 | 8 | #733 | 110 |
| 1959 | #4,300 | 9 | #722 | 112 |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #804 | 87 |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #873 | 75 |
| 1956 | #4,161 | 9 | #969 | 59 |
| 1955 | #3,095 | 14 | #1,047 | 52 |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | #833 | 75 |
| 1953 | #4,595 | 7 | #989 | 53 |
| 1952 | #2,806 | 15 | #1,044 | 48 |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #1,097 | 43 |
| 1950 | #3,662 | 9 | #1,064 | 44 |
| 1949 | #4,673 | 6 | #1,297 | 31 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #1,145 | 39 |
| 1947 | #3,706 | 9 | #1,036 | 48 |
| 1946 | #2,392 | 16 | #967 | 48 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 | #986 | 42 |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | #1,212 | 30 |
| 1943 | #3,801 | 7 | #1,214 | 32 |
| 1942 | #3,738 | 7 | #1,381 | 25 |
| 1941 | #3,954 | 6 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | #1,334 | 25 |
| 1939 | — | #2,288 | 10 | |
| 1938 | #3,847 | 6 | #1,818 | 15 |
| 1937 | — | #1,756 | 16 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,723 | 16 | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #3,449 | 7 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #2,738 | 8 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 | #2,191 | 12 |
| 1931 | — | #3,763 | 5 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #3,289 | 7 |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #4,201 | 5 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #4,197 | 5 |
| 1924 | #3,144 | 10 | — | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | — | |
| 1922 | #4,445 | 6 | #3,872 | 6 |
| 1921 | #2,378 | 15 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | — | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #4,168 | 5 |
| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,713 | 7 | — | |
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| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | — | |
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| 1899 | #1,278 | 7 | — | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Richie! It came in at #4,168, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–1921, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Richie is popular in 1968
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#266 · 1 in 2,133
- Tennessee#305 · 1 in 3,259
- Mississippi#385 · 1 in 4,030
- Indiana#392 · 1 in 6,274
- North Carolina#416 · 1 in 5,428
Best ever in a state: #246 in Tennessee, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #266 | 7 | 1 in 2,133 |
| Tennessee | #305 | 10 | 1 in 3,259 |
| Mississippi | #385 | 5 | 1 in 4,030 |
| Indiana | #392 | 7 | 1 in 6,274 |
| North Carolina | #416 | 8 | 1 in 5,428 |
| Missouri | #432 | 5 | 1 in 7,310 |
| Texas | #465 | 23 | 1 in 4,451 |
| Georgia | #468 | 7 | 1 in 5,849 |
| Louisiana | #500 | 6 | 1 in 5,731 |
| Ohio | #505 | 8 | 1 in 11,286 |
| Florida | #542 | 6 | 1 in 7,910 |
| Michigan | #545 | 6 | 1 in 12,701 |
| New York | #566 | 14 | 1 in 10,554 |
| Illinois | #613 | 7 | 1 in 13,040 |
| California | #623 | 15 | 1 in 11,147 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Richie
- 57 spots since 2024 (#1,795 → #1,852)
- 110 spots since 2020 (#1,962 → #1,852)
- 203 spots since 2015 (#2,055 → #1,852)
- Biggest jump: 226 spots in 1945 (#1,212 → #986)
- Biggest drop: 239 spots in 1979 (#795 → #1,034)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1964 at #527 (220 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 9 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1956–1978
- Highest: 1 in 9,058 boys born in 1964 were named Richie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 20,095 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 23.8% of all boys named Richie (1,703) were born in this decade
- Mostly girls until 1932, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 5 | #4,168 (1919) | #4,168 |
| 1920s | 39 | #2,843 (1928) | #3,646 |
| 1930s | 106 | #1,723 (1936) | #2,484 |
| 1940s | 343 | #967 (1946) | #1,198 |
| 1950s | 648 | #722 (1959) | #944 |
| 1960s | 1,703 | #527 (1964) | #597 |
| 1970s | 1,139 | #624 (1970) | #795 |
| 1980s | 640 | #1,074 (1989) | #1,224 |
| 1990s | 782 | #1,130 (1991) | #1,352 |
| 2000s | 677 | #1,572 (2001) | #1,878 |
| 2010s | 598 | #1,920 (2014) | #2,267 |
| 2020s | 464 | #1,795 (2024) | #1,972 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Richie in 1968
Top girls' names in 1968
Top boys' names in 1968
More about 1968
girls
1,640,389 girls got a published name in 1968; 1 in 126,184 of them was named Richie, which outranked 53.8% of the 8,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,610Wynona14
- #3,610Xochitl14
- #3,610Zondra14
- #3,789Richie13
- #3,789Adrien13
- #3,789Adrina13
- #3,789Alishia13
- #4,000Abra12
- #4,000Aime12
- #4,000Albertine12
Tied with 210 names at #3,789; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,737,974 boys got a published name in 1968; 1 in 9,875 of them was named Richie, which outranked 88.0% of the 4,746 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).