Ritchie
Ritchie is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 25 births. Its best rank was 628th, in 1964.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 250.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1964153 births
- Best rank
- #628in 1964
- Since 1914
- 4,092people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,092 boys have been named Ritchie in the United States since 1914, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1964, with 153 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1968, and the 1960s alone account for 25%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ritchie | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | |
| 1920s | 55 | |
| 1930s | 80 | |
| 1940s | 222 | |
| 1950s | 818 | |
| 1960s | 1,035 | |
| 1970s | 580 | |
| 1980s | 298 | |
| 1990s | 359 | |
| 2000s | 203 | |
| 2010s | 278 | |
| 2020s | 151 |
In 1964, its biggest year
Ritchie was the 628th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1964 were Michael, John, David, James and Robert. See all of 1964.
Names that rose and fell with Ritchie
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kippeak 1965
- Rodneypeak 1965
- Darylpeak 1956
- Mickelpeak 1957
- Dirkpeak 1954
- Jeffriepeak 1961
- Keithpeak 1957
- Craigpeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.