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
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 153 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,120since 1914
Ritchie over time
Rank among boys' names. Ritchie has never cracked the top 600 here.
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 | — | #3,848 | 28 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,200 | 25 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,883 | 28 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,216 | 37 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,814 | 28 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,344 | 33 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,656 | 48 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,708 | 29 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,681 | 29 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,179 | 24 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,617 | 29 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,313 | 22 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,390 | 22 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,605 | 29 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,035 | 25 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,528 | 27 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,670 | 23 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,061 | 29 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,665 | 32 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,711 | 30 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,903 | 26 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,483 | 31 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,618 | 28 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,123 | 37 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,884 | 43 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,589 | 53 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,587 | 52 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,831 | 41 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,404 | 55 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,896 | 33 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,942 | 28 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,910 | 29 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,753 | 32 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,508 | 38 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,304 | 46 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,304 | 44 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,035 | 63 | |
| 1973 | — | #904 | 78 | |
| 1972 | — | #952 | 72 | |
| 1971 | — | #877 | 86 | |
| 1970 | — | #861 | 87 | |
| 1969 | — | #812 | 90 | |
| 1968 | — | #730 | 105 | |
| 1967 | — | #652 | 131 | |
| 1966 | — | #656 | 127 | |
| 1965 | — | #684 | 118 | |
| 1964 | — | #627 | 153 | |
| 1963 | — | #704 | 121 | |
| 1962 | — | #772 | 97 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,262 | 39 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,045 | 54 | |
| 1959 | — | #906 | 71 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1957 | — | #823 | 84 | |
| 1956 | — | #720 | 103 | |
| 1955 | — | #760 | 92 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #656 | 122 |
| 1953 | — | #786 | 82 | |
| 1952 | — | #781 | 81 | |
| 1951 | — | #732 | 90 | |
| 1950 | — | #977 | 50 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,013 | 47 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,231 | 34 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,425 | 27 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,355 | 27 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | — | #1,810 | 15 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,629 | 19 |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
| 1921 | — | — | ||
| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
| 1919 | — | — | ||
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1964 at #627 (153 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1962–1973
- 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%)
- 25.1% of all boys named Ritchie (1,035) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #2,651 (1914) | #3,084 |
| 1920s | 55 | #3,208 (1920) | #3,473 |
| 1930s | 80 | #1,958 (1939) | #2,713 |
| 1940s | 222 | #1,013 (1949) | #1,643 |
| 1950s | 818 | #656 (1954) | #831 |
| 1960s | 1,035 | #627 (1964) | #794 |
| 1970s | 580 | #861 (1970) | #1,211 |
| 1980s | 298 | #1,404 (1988) | #2,064 |
| 1990s | 359 | #1,587 (1990) | #2,325 |
| 2000s | 203 | #3,061 (2001) | #4,484 |
| 2010s | 278 | #2,656 (2019) | #3,898 |
| 2020s | 179 | #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 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
Top boys' names in 1954
More about 1954
girls
1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 388,383 of them was named Ritchie, which outranked 13.2% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 872 names at #5,753; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,038,751 boys got a published name in 1954; 1 in 16,711 of them was named Ritchie, which outranked 85.0% of the 4,360 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #651Santiago125
- #654Shannon124
- #655Hans123
- #656Ritchie122
- #656Del122
- #656Reggie122
- #659Anton121
- #659Hiram121
- #659Kip121
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 504Arlin#878 → #1,382
- ↓ 347Adan#895 → #1,242
- ↓ 345Dayton#966 → #1,311
- ↓ 302Garey#966 → #1,268
- ↓ 293Bartholomew#975 → #1,268
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.