Richy

Where Richy comes from

Diminutive + -y.
— Wiktionary's entry for Richy
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1948
    First appearance
    #3,668 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1962
    Peak, #1,546
    26 babies named Richy — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1969
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,549.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Richard. Alternative form of Richie.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.