Ritchie

Where Ritchie comes from

From Richard.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ritchie
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Ritchie through the years
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #2,651 among boys with 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 on, more boys have.
  3. 1941
    Ritchie Valens born
    American musician
  4. 1964
    Peak, #627
    153 babies named Ritchie, the most in any year.
  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.