Ritchie

Last seen for girls in 1954 at #5,753 · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
1964 · 153 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,120
since 1914

Ritchie over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ritchie has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201953peak #627, 1964boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,84828
2024#4,20025
2023#3,88328
2022#3,21637
2021#3,81428
2020#3,34433
2019#2,65648
2018#3,70829
2017#3,78128
2016#3,68129
2015#4,17924
2014#3,61729
2013#4,31322
2012#4,39022
2011#3,60529
2010#5,04718
2009#4,03525
2008#6,07014
2007#6,26213
2006#4,37021
2005#3,52827
2004#4,60218
2003#5,03515
2002#3,67023
2001#3,06129
2000#4,20418
1999#2,66532
1998#2,71130
1997#2,90326
1996#2,48331
1995#2,68527
1994#2,61828
1993#2,12337
1992#1,88443
1991#1,58953
1990#1,58752
1989#1,83141
1988#1,40455
1987#1,89633
1986#2,29024
1985#2,22624
1984#2,29222
1983#2,01726
1982#2,83116
1981#1,94228
1980#1,91029
1979#1,75332
1978#1,50838
1977#1,60734
1976#1,30446
1975#1,30444
1974#1,03563
1973#90478
1972#95272
1971#87786
1970#86187
1969#81290
1968#730105
1967#652131
1966#656127
1965#684118
1964#627153
1963#704121
1962#77297
1961#1,26239
1960#1,04554
1959#90671
1958#1,17243
1957#82384
1956#720103
1955#76092
1954#5,7535#656122
1953#78682
1952#78181
1951#73290
1950#97750
1949#1,01347
1948#1,23134
1947#1,42527
1946#1,35527
1945#4,0256#2,00912
1944#1,81015
1943#4,6915#1,69918
1942#4,6225#1,62919
1941#2,08312
1940#3,5037#2,17911
1939#1,95813
1938#2,32610
1937#1,99213
1936#2,6298
1935#3,2526
1934
1933#2,36810
1932#3,7765
1931#4,3315#3,0957
1930#3,0228
1929#3,5596
1928#4,1956#3,3577
1927#3,4517
1926#3,7086
1925
1924#3,5057
1923#3,4677
1922#3,5327
1921
1920#3,2088
1919
1918
1917#4,0836
1916#3,5166
1915#4,2745
1914#2,6517
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First appearance
1914

The first year at least five boys were named Ritchie! It came in at #2,651, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Ritchie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 352 spots since 2024 (#4,200#3,848)
  • 504 spots since 2020 (#3,344#3,848)
  • 331 spots since 2015 (#4,179#3,848)
  • Biggest jump: 490 spots in 1962 (#1,262#772)
  • Biggest drop: 349 spots in 1958 (#823#1,172)
Rise & fade · boys
50 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1914
  • Peaked 1964 at #627 (153 births)
  • Births halved by 1972, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1962–1973
Share of babies · boys
1 in 13,024
  • Highest: 1 in 13,024 boys born in 1964 were named Ritchie (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 25.1% of all boys named Ritchie (1,035) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s13#2,651 (1914)#3,084
1920s55#3,208 (1920)#3,473
1930s80#1,958 (1939)#2,713
1940s222#1,013 (1949)#1,643
1950s818#656 (1954)#831
1960s1,035#627 (1964)#794
1970s580#861 (1970)#1,211
1980s298#1,404 (1988)#2,064
1990s359#1,587 (1990)#2,325
2000s203#3,061 (2001)#4,484
2010s278#2,656 (2019)#3,898
2020s179#3,216 (2022)#3,718

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.

Ritchie in 1953

boys
#786
82 births · 1 in 24,052 boys

Top boys' names in 1953

  1. #1Robert86,243
  2. #2James86,066
  3. #3Michael84,198
  4. #4John80,165
  5. #5David76,119
  6. #6William61,829
  7. #7Richard58,389
  8. #8Thomas47,008
  9. #9Charles38,421
  10. #10Gary36,967
  11. #786Ritchie82
More about 1953

boys

1,972,299 boys got a published name in 1953; 1 in 24,052 of them was named Ritchie, which outranked 81.9% of the 4,341 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ritchie
  1. #779Lucius83
  2. #779Rob83
  3. #779Verne83
  4. #786Ritchie82
  5. #786Alfonzo82
  6. #786Arden82
  7. #786Berry82
  8. #796Mason81
  9. #796Raphael81
  10. #798Carol80

Tied with 9 names at #786; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1952
Risers
  1. 1,276Faron#2,251#975
  2. 694Shane#1,213#519
  3. 528Enrico#1,517#989
  4. 441Blaise#1,430#989
  5. 429Robbin#1,268#839
Fallers
  1. 427Durwood#981#1,408
  2. 392Jonnie#939#1,331
  3. 312Elvis#968#1,280
  4. 293Edsel#968#1,261
  5. 292Beverly#766#1,058

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1953