Ritchie

Where Ritchie comes from

From Richard.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ritchie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,651 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1920
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1941
    Ritchie Valens born
    American musician
  4. 1964
    Peak, #627
    153 babies named Ritchie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1972
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #952.
  6. 1988
    Ritchie De Laet born
    Belgian association football player
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Richard, also used as a formal given name.
Namesakes
  • Ritchie Valens · American musician, 1941–1959
  • Ritchie De Laet · Belgian association football player, born 1988
  • Ritchie Coster · actor, born 1967
  • Ritchie Torres · American politician, born 1988
  • Ritchie Kitoko · footballer, born 1988

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.