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Richmond: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 17 in 2025. Its best rank was #433 in 1899.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #433 in 1899; #5,563 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Richmond in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#5,563 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1899, at #433.
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Richmond: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 17 boys in 2025. Peak: #433 in 1899 · most boys in one year: 73 (1921).
In 2025, 17 US boys were named Richmond, making it the 5,563rd most common boys’ name of the year, up 1,179 places from #6,742 in 2024. That is 4 more than the 13 boys named Richmond in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #433, reached in 1899. The most boys given the name in a single year was 73, in 1921. For comparison, it was #4,264 in 2015 and #1,120 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Richmond in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 8 babies with the name. In all, 4,305 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 533 babies named Richmond.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 198 US boys were named Richmond; the busiest of those years was 2021, with 28. In 2025 that was about 1 in 100,475 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
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Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 17 | #5,563 |
| 2024 | — | — | 13 | #6,742 |
| 2023 | — | — | 13 | #6,815 |
| 2022 | — | — | 15 | #6,084 |
| 2021 | — | — | 28 | #3,896 |
| 2020 | — | — | 19 | #4,995 |
| 2019 | — | — | 20 | #4,929 |
| 2018 | — | — | 26 | #4,081 |
| 2017 | — | — | 23 | #4,432 |
| 2016 | — | — | 24 | #4,289 |
| 2015 | — | — | 24 | #4,264 |
| 2014 | — | — | 27 | #3,868 |
| 2013 | — | — | 17 | #5,348 |
| 2012 | — | — | 26 | #3,982 |
| 2011 | — | — | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2010 | — | — | 20 | #4,804 |
| 2009 | — | — | 23 | #4,397 |
| 2008 | — | — | 21 | #4,672 |
| 2007 | — | — | 17 | #5,387 |
| 2006 | — | — | 21 | #4,476 |
| 2005 | — | — | 28 | #3,510 |
| 2004 | — | — | 27 | #3,522 |
| 2003 | — | — | 28 | #3,348 |
| 2002 | — | — | 24 | #3,645 |
| 2001 | — | — | 26 | #3,390 |
| 2000 | — | — | 30 | #2,978 |
| 1999 | — | — | 25 | #3,260 |
| 1998 | — | — | 31 | #2,696 |
| 1997 | — | — | 21 | #3,432 |
| 1996 | — | — | 33 | #2,422 |
| 1995 | — | — | 25 | #2,908 |
| 1994 | — | — | 27 | #2,743 |
| 1993 | — | — | 41 | #1,995 |
| 1992 | — | — | 49 | #1,745 |
| 1991 | — | — | 39 | #1,975 |
| 1990 | — | — | 48 | #1,697 |
| 1989 | — | — | 26 | #2,529 |
| 1988 | — | — | 29 | #2,184 |
| 1987 | — | — | 29 | #2,104 |
| 1986 | — | — | 29 | #2,045 |
| 1985 | — | — | 26 | #2,163 |
| 1984 | — | — | 27 | #2,023 |
| 1983 | — | — | 29 | #1,896 |
| 1982 | — | — | 28 | #1,980 |
| 1981 | — | — | 31 | #1,855 |
| 1980 | — | — | 22 | #2,348 |
| 1979 | — | — | 32 | #1,777 |
| 1978 | — | — | 24 | #2,056 |
| 1977 | — | — | 26 | #1,938 |
| 1976 | — | — | 37 | #1,494 |
| 1975 | — | — | 25 | #1,933 |
| 1974 | — | — | 30 | #1,652 |
| 1973 | — | — | 32 | #1,541 |
| 1972 | — | — | 45 | #1,246 |
| 1971 | — | — | 35 | #1,459 |
| 1970 | — | — | 48 | #1,204 |
| 1969 | — | — | 37 | #1,317 |
| 1968 | — | — | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1967 | — | — | 47 | #1,080 |
| 1966 | — | — | 25 | #1,570 |
| 1965 | — | — | 28 | #1,476 |
| 1964 | — | — | 29 | #1,483 |
| 1963 | — | — | 29 | #1,480 |
| 1962 | — | — | 35 | #1,337 |
| 1961 | — | — | 25 | #1,626 |
| 1960 | — | — | 32 | #1,425 |
| 1959 | — | — | 37 | #1,295 |
| 1958 | — | — | 38 | #1,262 |
| 1957 | — | — | 43 | #1,196 |
| 1956 | — | — | 39 | #1,229 |
| 1955 | — | — | 38 | #1,237 |
| 1954 | — | — | 36 | #1,263 |
| 1953 | — | — | 42 | #1,153 |
| 1952 | — | — | 37 | #1,223 |
| 1951 | — | — | 52 | #982 |
| 1950 | — | — | 41 | #1,120 |
| 1949 | — | — | 38 | #1,158 |
| 1948 | — | — | 40 | #1,139 |
| 1947 | — | — | 47 | #1,061 |
| 1946 | — | — | 47 | #1,000 |
| 1945 | — | — | 37 | #1,069 |
| 1944 | — | — | 38 | #1,082 |
| 1943 | — | — | 42 | #1,049 |
| 1942 | — | — | 35 | #1,189 |
| 1941 | — | — | 33 | #1,166 |
| 1940 | — | — | 40 | #1,030 |
| 1939 | — | — | 44 | #952 |
| 1938 | — | — | 41 | #1,003 |
| 1937 | — | — | 33 | #1,162 |
| 1936 | — | — | 34 | #1,139 |
| 1935 | — | — | 37 | #1,074 |
| 1934 | — | — | 31 | #1,209 |
| 1933 | — | — | 37 | #1,087 |
| 1932 | — | — | 39 | #1,088 |
| 1931 | — | — | 43 | #1,025 |
| 1930 | — | — | 51 | #955 |
| 1929 | — | — | 48 | #981 |
| 1928 | — | — | 50 | #974 |
| 1927 | — | — | 45 | #1,055 |
| 1926 | — | — | 66 | #819 |
| 1925 | — | — | 49 | #980 |
| 1924 | — | — | 56 | #941 |
| 1923 | — | — | 58 | #903 |
| 1922 | — | — | 53 | #970 |
| 1921 | — | — | 73 | #798 |
| 1920 | — | — | 35 | #1,230 |
| 1919 | — | — | 52 | #937 |
| 1918 | — | — | 47 | #981 |
| 1917 | — | — | 46 | #960 |
| 1916 | — | — | 59 | #808 |
| 1915 | — | — | 54 | #842 |
| 1914 | — | — | 33 | #983 |
| 1913 | — | — | 39 | #756 |
| 1912 | — | — | 28 | #850 |
| 1911 | — | — | 20 | #725 |
| 1910 | — | — | 16 | #777 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,250 |
| 1908 | — | — | 17 | #650 |
| 1907 | — | — | 16 | #658 |
| 1906 | — | — | 18 | #561 |
| 1905 | — | — | 9 | #905 |
| 1904 | — | — | 10 | #802 |
| 1903 | — | — | 16 | #571 |
| 1902 | — | — | 10 | #783 |
| 1901 | — | — | 5 | #1,183 |
| 1900 | — | — | 15 | #675 |
| 1899 | — | — | 19 | #433 |
| 1898 | — | — | 18 | #501 |
| 1897 | — | — | 11 | #670 |
| 1896 | — | — | 10 | #767 |
| 1895 | — | — | 10 | #733 |
| 1894 | — | — | 9 | #777 |
| 1893 | — | — | 16 | #476 |
| 1892 | — | — | 9 | #784 |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #691 |
| 1890 | — | — | 5 | #1,128 |
| 1889 | — | — | 9 | #713 |
| 1888 | — | — | 10 | #689 |
| 1887 | — | — | 13 | #510 |
| 1886 | — | — | 8 | #745 |
| 1885 | — | — | 9 | #686 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #600 |
| 1883 | — | — | 13 | #515 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #603 |
| 1881 | — | — | 6 | #848 |
| 1880 | — | — | 8 | #733 |
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).