Richmond
#5,399 for boys in 2025, 17 births
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 19 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,305since 1880
Richmond over time
Rank among boys' names. Richmond has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,399 | 17 |
| 2024 | #6,469 | 13 |
| 2023 | #6,517 | 13 |
| 2022 | #5,874 | 15 |
| 2021 | #3,814 | 28 |
| 2020 | #4,855 | 19 |
| 2019 | #4,806 | 20 |
| 2018 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2017 | #4,331 | 23 |
| 2016 | #4,199 | 24 |
| 2015 | #4,179 | 24 |
| 2014 | #3,787 | 27 |
| 2013 | #5,171 | 17 |
| 2012 | #3,894 | 26 |
| 2011 | #4,221 | 23 |
| 2010 | #4,678 | 20 |
| 2009 | #4,278 | 23 |
| 2008 | #4,540 | 21 |
| 2007 | #5,210 | 17 |
| 2006 | #4,370 | 21 |
| 2005 | #3,447 | 28 |
| 2004 | #3,456 | 27 |
| 2003 | #3,280 | 28 |
| 2002 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 2001 | #3,321 | 26 |
| 2000 | #2,922 | 30 |
| 1999 | #3,182 | 25 |
| 1998 | #2,651 | 31 |
| 1997 | #3,351 | 21 |
| 1996 | #2,380 | 33 |
| 1995 | #2,847 | 25 |
| 1994 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1993 | #1,969 | 41 |
| 1992 | #1,731 | 49 |
| 1991 | #1,952 | 39 |
| 1990 | #1,685 | 48 |
| 1989 | #2,469 | 26 |
| 1988 | #2,146 | 29 |
| 1987 | #2,057 | 29 |
| 1986 | #2,007 | 29 |
| 1985 | #2,116 | 26 |
| 1984 | #1,979 | 27 |
| 1983 | #1,864 | 29 |
| 1982 | #1,929 | 28 |
| 1981 | #1,811 | 31 |
| 1980 | #2,284 | 22 |
| 1979 | #1,753 | 32 |
| 1978 | #2,012 | 24 |
| 1977 | #1,904 | 26 |
| 1976 | #1,469 | 37 |
| 1975 | #1,884 | 25 |
| 1974 | #1,618 | 30 |
| 1973 | #1,514 | 32 |
| 1972 | #1,230 | 45 |
| 1971 | #1,441 | 35 |
| 1970 | #1,192 | 48 |
| 1969 | #1,302 | 37 |
| 1968 | #1,282 | 35 |
| 1967 | #1,071 | 47 |
| 1966 | #1,540 | 25 |
| 1965 | #1,456 | 28 |
| 1964 | #1,462 | 29 |
| 1963 | #1,455 | 29 |
| 1962 | #1,311 | 35 |
| 1961 | #1,602 | 25 |
| 1960 | #1,400 | 32 |
| 1959 | #1,280 | 37 |
| 1958 | #1,253 | 38 |
| 1957 | #1,185 | 43 |
| 1956 | #1,218 | 39 |
| 1955 | #1,219 | 38 |
| 1954 | #1,242 | 36 |
| 1953 | #1,139 | 42 |
| 1952 | #1,213 | 37 |
| 1951 | #972 | 52 |
| 1950 | #1,105 | 41 |
| 1949 | #1,144 | 38 |
| 1948 | #1,127 | 40 |
| 1947 | #1,053 | 47 |
| 1946 | #980 | 47 |
| 1945 | #1,056 | 37 |
| 1944 | #1,070 | 38 |
| 1943 | #1,037 | 42 |
| 1942 | #1,167 | 35 |
| 1941 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1940 | #1,019 | 40 |
| 1939 | #942 | 44 |
| 1938 | #992 | 41 |
| 1937 | #1,148 | 33 |
| 1936 | #1,118 | 34 |
| 1935 | #1,057 | 37 |
| 1934 | #1,189 | 31 |
| 1933 | #1,078 | 37 |
| 1932 | #1,077 | 39 |
| 1931 | #1,015 | 43 |
| 1930 | #944 | 51 |
| 1929 | #975 | 48 |
| 1928 | #963 | 50 |
| 1927 | #1,041 | 45 |
| 1926 | #813 | 66 |
| 1925 | #973 | 49 |
| 1924 | #937 | 56 |
| 1923 | #896 | 58 |
| 1922 | #958 | 53 |
| 1921 | #790 | 73 |
| 1920 | #1,225 | 35 |
| 1919 | #927 | 52 |
| 1918 | #975 | 47 |
| 1917 | #946 | 46 |
| 1916 | #803 | 59 |
| 1915 | #832 | 54 |
| 1914 | #967 | 33 |
| 1913 | #745 | 39 |
| 1912 | #835 | 28 |
| 1911 | #707 | 20 |
| 1910 | #755 | 16 |
| 1909 | #1,155 | 7 |
| 1908 | #632 | 17 |
| 1907 | #634 | 16 |
| 1906 | #547 | 18 |
| 1905 | #836 | 9 |
| 1904 | #760 | 10 |
| 1903 | #550 | 16 |
| 1902 | #744 | 10 |
| 1901 | #1,058 | 5 |
| 1900 | #649 | 15 |
| 1899 | #424 | 19 |
| 1898 | #485 | 18 |
| 1897 | #652 | 11 |
| 1896 | #722 | 10 |
| 1895 | #685 | 10 |
| 1894 | #730 | 9 |
| 1893 | #459 | 16 |
| 1892 | #748 | 9 |
| 1891 | #635 | 9 |
| 1890 | #994 | 5 |
| 1889 | #673 | 9 |
| 1888 | #648 | 10 |
| 1887 | #488 | 13 |
| 1886 | #694 | 8 |
| 1885 | #641 | 9 |
| 1884 | #570 | 11 |
| 1883 | #497 | 13 |
| 1882 | #576 | 11 |
| 1881 | #781 | 6 |
| 1880 | #682 | 8 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Richmond was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1890, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Richmond is popular in 1944
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#891 · 1 in 15,775
Best ever in a state: #252 in South Carolina, 1928.
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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 Richmond
- 1,070 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #5,399)
- 544 spots since 2020 (#4,855 → #5,399)
- 1,220 spots since 2015 (#4,179 → #5,399)
- Biggest jump: 435 spots in 1921 (#1,225 → #790)
- Biggest drop: 523 spots in 1909 (#632 → #1,155)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #424 (19 births)
- Births halved by 1901, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 51 yrs · run 1880–1900
- Highest: 1 in 5,590 boys born in 1899 were named Richmond (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 100,475 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 12.4% of all boys named Richmond (533) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 98 | #488 (1887) | #625 |
| 1890s | 116 | #424 (1899) | #653 |
| 1900s | 123 | #547 (1906) | #757 |
| 1910s | 394 | #707 (1911) | #849 |
| 1920s | 533 | #790 (1921) | #957 |
| 1930s | 390 | #942 (1939) | #1,056 |
| 1940s | 397 | #980 (1946) | #1,081 |
| 1950s | 403 | #972 (1951) | #1,183 |
| 1960s | 322 | #1,071 (1967) | #1,388 |
| 1970s | 334 | #1,192 (1970) | #1,602 |
| 1980s | 276 | #1,811 (1981) | #2,066 |
| 1990s | 339 | #1,685 (1990) | #2,443 |
| 2000s | 245 | #2,922 (2000) | #3,838 |
| 2010s | 230 | #3,787 (2014) | #4,326 |
| 2020s | 105 | #3,814 (2021) | #5,488 |
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.
Richmond in 1944
Top boys' names in 1944
More about 1944
boys
1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 35,865 of them was named Richmond, which outranked 72.6% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,055Milan39
- #1,055Roddy39
- #1,055Turner39
- #1,070Richmond38
- #1,070Alonza38
- #1,070Burnell38
- #1,070Davie38
- #1,085Arley37
- #1,085Arlis37
- #1,085Arlyn37
Tied with 14 names at #1,070; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.