Meaning not yet researched.
Richie: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 85 in 2025. Its best rank was #528 in 1964.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #528 in 1964; #1,861 in 2025. About 88% of babies named Richie in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,861 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1964, at #528.
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Richie: US boys and girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 85 boys in 2025. Peak: #528 in 1964 · most boys in one year: 220 (1964).
In 2025, 85 US boys were named Richie, making it the 1,861st most common boys’ name of the year, down 57 places from #1,804 in 2024. That is 6 fewer than the 91 boys named Richie in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #528, reached in 1964. That year also had the most boys given the name: 220. For comparison, it was #2,066 in 2015 and #1,071 in 1950.
In 2025, 12 US girls were named Richie, making it the 8,760th most common girls’ name of the year, up 2,171 places from #10,931 in 2024. That is 3 more than the 9 girls named Richie in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #1,370, reached in 1899. The most girls given the name in a single year was 16, in 1946. For comparison, it was unranked (under five girls) in 2015 and #3,901 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Richie in 111 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1899 with 7 babies. In all, 7,575 US babies have been given the name, 5.7% of them girls and 94% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1960s, with 1,761 babies named Richie.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 687 US boys were named Richie; the busiest of those years was 2024, with 91. In 2025 that was about 1 in 20,095 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Richie ranked highest in California in 2025, at #1,145 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Richy, Richey and Richi are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
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No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Richy (703), Richey (474), Richi (22), Richia (5), Rikhia (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Richie in the open dataset we use.
Richie is listed as a nickname for Aldrich, Richard.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 48 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 18 | #1,145 | #1,008 |
| Texas | 13 | #1,460 | — |
| New York | 6 | #1,712 | #2,051 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,760 | 85 | #1,861 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,931 | 91 | #1,804 |
| 2023 | — | — | 66 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 8 | #12,021 | 84 | #1,888 |
| 2021 | — | — | 65 | #2,188 |
| 2020 | — | — | 73 | #1,975 |
| 2019 | — | — | 57 | #2,387 |
| 2018 | — | — | 49 | #2,608 |
| 2017 | — | — | 48 | #2,627 |
| 2016 | — | — | 69 | #2,062 |
| 2015 | — | — | 69 | #2,066 |
| 2014 | — | — | 75 | #1,937 |
| 2013 | — | — | 45 | #2,660 |
| 2012 | — | — | 68 | #2,043 |
| 2011 | — | — | 54 | #2,370 |
| 2010 | — | — | 64 | #2,114 |
| 2009 | — | — | 71 | #1,987 |
| 2008 | — | — | 60 | #2,227 |
| 2007 | — | — | 71 | #1,991 |
| 2006 | — | — | 71 | #1,915 |
| 2005 | — | — | 59 | #2,106 |
| 2004 | — | — | 68 | #1,828 |
| 2003 | — | — | 70 | #1,748 |
| 2002 | — | — | 57 | #1,965 |
| 2001 | — | — | 76 | #1,585 |
| 2000 | — | — | 74 | #1,602 |
| 1999 | — | — | 69 | #1,590 |
| 1998 | — | — | 68 | #1,571 |
| 1997 | — | — | 76 | #1,436 |
| 1996 | — | — | 104 | #1,147 |
| 1995 | — | — | 69 | #1,445 |
| 1994 | — | — | 76 | #1,344 |
| 1993 | — | — | 70 | #1,394 |
| 1992 | — | — | 88 | #1,196 |
| 1991 | — | — | 94 | #1,137 |
| 1990 | — | — | 68 | #1,359 |
| 1989 | — | — | 95 | #1,079 |
| 1988 | — | — | 85 | #1,081 |
| 1987 | — | — | 50 | #1,460 |
| 1986 | — | — | 58 | #1,281 |
| 1985 | — | — | 60 | #1,239 |
| 1984 | — | — | 63 | #1,153 |
| 1983 | — | — | 39 | #1,555 |
| 1982 | — | — | 70 | #1,092 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,710 | 51 | #1,304 |
| 1980 | — | — | 69 | #1,094 |
| 1979 | — | — | 73 | #1,039 |
| 1978 | — | — | 114 | #796 |
| 1977 | — | — | 90 | #898 |
| 1976 | — | — | 97 | #848 |
| 1975 | — | — | 114 | #778 |
| 1974 | — | — | 110 | #770 |
| 1973 | — | — | 86 | #859 |
| 1972 | — | — | 143 | #674 |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,893 | 143 | #697 |
| 1970 | — | — | 169 | #624 |
| 1969 | — | — | 163 | #612 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,950 | 176 | #572 |
| 1967 | — | — | 183 | #550 |
| 1966 | — | — | 182 | #565 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,688 | 193 | #553 |
| 1964 | 10 | #4,572 | 220 | #528 |
| 1963 | 6 | #6,439 | 188 | #577 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,416 | 164 | #606 |
| 1961 | 8 | #5,198 | 124 | #688 |
| 1960 | 8 | #5,089 | 110 | #737 |
| 1959 | 9 | #4,558 | 112 | #726 |
| 1958 | 5 | #6,817 | 87 | #805 |
| 1957 | 6 | #5,929 | 75 | #879 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,396 | 59 | #976 |
| 1955 | 14 | #3,199 | 52 | #1,053 |
| 1954 | 9 | #4,215 | 75 | #841 |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,930 | 53 | #998 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,898 | 48 | #1,053 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,299 | 43 | #1,108 |
| 1950 | 9 | #3,901 | 44 | #1,071 |
| 1949 | 6 | #5,129 | 31 | #1,318 |
| 1948 | 8 | #4,142 | 39 | #1,157 |
| 1947 | 9 | #3,954 | 48 | #1,050 |
| 1946 | 16 | #2,467 | 48 | #974 |
| 1945 | 15 | #2,321 | 42 | #991 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,600 | 30 | #1,232 |
| 1943 | 7 | #4,116 | 32 | #1,238 |
| 1942 | 7 | #4,041 | 25 | #1,413 |
| 1941 | 6 | #4,331 | 23 | #1,442 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,703 | 25 | #1,359 |
| 1939 | — | — | 10 | #2,416 |
| 1938 | 6 | #4,252 | 15 | #1,882 |
| 1937 | — | — | 16 | #1,813 |
| 1936 | — | — | 16 | #1,781 |
| 1935 | 6 | #4,124 | 9 | #2,677 |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,732 | 8 | #2,912 |
| 1933 | 6 | #4,136 | 8 | #2,946 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,613 | 12 | #2,293 |
| 1931 | — | — | 5 | #4,224 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,458 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,482 | 8 | #3,195 |
| 1928 | — | — | 9 | #3,025 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,709 | 6 | #4,115 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,232 | 5 | #4,709 |
| 1925 | 5 | #5,629 | 5 | #4,758 |
| 1924 | 10 | #3,338 | — | — |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,875 | — | — |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,913 | 6 | #4,226 |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,483 | — | — |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,630 | — | — |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,717 | 5 | #4,681 |
| 1918 | 7 | #4,211 | — | — |
| 1917 | 7 | #4,019 | — | — |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,488 | — | — |
| 1899 | 7 | #1,370 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).