Ritchie
Last seen for girls in 1954 at #5,753 · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to boys 98.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1964 · 153 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,120since 1914
Ritchie over time
Rank among boys' names. Ritchie has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,848 | 28 | |
| 2024 | — | #4,200 | 25 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,883 | 28 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,216 | 37 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,814 | 28 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,344 | 33 | |
| 2019 | — | #2,656 | 48 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,708 | 29 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,781 | 28 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,681 | 29 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,179 | 24 | |
| 2014 | — | #3,617 | 29 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,313 | 22 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,390 | 22 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,605 | 29 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,047 | 18 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,035 | 25 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,070 | 14 | |
| 2007 | — | #6,262 | 13 | |
| 2006 | — | #4,370 | 21 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,528 | 27 | |
| 2004 | — | #4,602 | 18 | |
| 2003 | — | #5,035 | 15 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,670 | 23 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,061 | 29 | |
| 2000 | — | #4,204 | 18 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,665 | 32 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,711 | 30 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,903 | 26 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,483 | 31 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,685 | 27 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,618 | 28 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,123 | 37 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,884 | 43 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,589 | 53 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,587 | 52 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,831 | 41 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,404 | 55 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,896 | 33 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,290 | 24 | |
| 1985 | — | #2,226 | 24 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,292 | 22 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,017 | 26 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,831 | 16 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,942 | 28 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,910 | 29 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,753 | 32 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,508 | 38 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,304 | 46 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,304 | 44 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,035 | 63 | |
| 1973 | — | #904 | 78 | |
| 1972 | — | #952 | 72 | |
| 1971 | — | #877 | 86 | |
| 1970 | — | #861 | 87 | |
| 1969 | — | #812 | 90 | |
| 1968 | — | #730 | 105 | |
| 1967 | — | #652 | 131 | |
| 1966 | — | #656 | 127 | |
| 1965 | — | #684 | 118 | |
| 1964 | — | #627 | 153 | |
| 1963 | — | #704 | 121 | |
| 1962 | — | #772 | 97 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,262 | 39 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,045 | 54 | |
| 1959 | — | #906 | 71 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,172 | 43 | |
| 1957 | — | #823 | 84 | |
| 1956 | — | #720 | 103 | |
| 1955 | — | #760 | 92 | |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #656 | 122 |
| 1953 | — | #786 | 82 | |
| 1952 | — | #781 | 81 | |
| 1951 | — | #732 | 90 | |
| 1950 | — | #977 | 50 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,013 | 47 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,231 | 34 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,425 | 27 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,355 | 27 | |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | — | #1,810 | 15 | |
| 1943 | #4,691 | 5 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #1,629 | 19 |
| 1941 | — | #2,083 | 12 | |
| 1940 | #3,503 | 7 | #2,179 | 11 |
| 1939 | — | #1,958 | 13 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,326 | 10 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,992 | 13 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,629 | 8 | |
| 1935 | — | #3,252 | 6 | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | #2,368 | 10 | |
| 1932 | — | #3,776 | 5 | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | #3,095 | 7 |
| 1930 | — | #3,022 | 8 | |
| 1929 | — | #3,559 | 6 | |
| 1928 | #4,195 | 6 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #3,708 | 6 | |
| 1925 | — | — | ||
| 1924 | — | #3,505 | 7 | |
| 1923 | — | #3,467 | 7 | |
| 1922 | — | #3,532 | 7 | |
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| 1920 | — | #3,208 | 8 | |
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| 1917 | #4,083 | 6 | — | |
| 1916 | — | #3,516 | 6 | |
| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 | — | |
| 1914 | — | #2,651 | 7 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Ritchie! It came in at #2,651, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1915, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ritchie is popular in 1964
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#329 · 1 in 3,279
- Tennessee#329 · 1 in 3,837
- Indiana#352 · 1 in 5,084
- Minnesota#352 · 1 in 7,418
- Arkansas#367 · 1 in 3,810
Best ever in a state: #286 in Kentucky, 1966.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| North Carolina | #329 | 15 | 1 in 3,279 |
| Tennessee | #329 | 10 | 1 in 3,837 |
| Indiana | #352 | 10 | 1 in 5,084 |
| Minnesota | #352 | 5 | 1 in 7,418 |
| Arkansas | #367 | 5 | 1 in 3,810 |
| Kentucky | #385 | 5 | 1 in 6,556 |
| Virginia | #424 | 7 | 1 in 6,113 |
| Louisiana | #489 | 7 | 1 in 5,676 |
| Ohio | #537 | 7 | 1 in 14,480 |
| Georgia | #561 | 5 | 1 in 9,537 |
| Michigan | #583 | 5 | 1 in 16,851 |
| Florida | #601 | 5 | 1 in 10,531 |
| Texas | #787 | 8 | 1 in 14,071 |
| California | #847 | 8 | 1 in 22,938 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ritchie
- 352 spots since 2024 (#4,200 → #3,848)
- 504 spots since 2020 (#3,344 → #3,848)
- 331 spots since 2015 (#4,179 → #3,848)
- Biggest jump: 490 spots in 1962 (#1,262 → #772)
- Biggest drop: 349 spots in 1958 (#823 → #1,172)
- Debuted 1914
- Peaked 1964 at #627 (153 births)
- Births halved by 1972, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1962–1973
- Highest: 1 in 13,024 boys born in 1964 were named Ritchie (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 25.1% of all boys named Ritchie (1,035) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 13 | #2,651 (1914) | #3,084 |
| 1920s | 55 | #3,208 (1920) | #3,473 |
| 1930s | 80 | #1,958 (1939) | #2,713 |
| 1940s | 222 | #1,013 (1949) | #1,643 |
| 1950s | 818 | #656 (1954) | #831 |
| 1960s | 1,035 | #627 (1964) | #794 |
| 1970s | 580 | #861 (1970) | #1,211 |
| 1980s | 298 | #1,404 (1988) | #2,064 |
| 1990s | 359 | #1,587 (1990) | #2,325 |
| 2000s | 203 | #3,061 (2001) | #4,484 |
| 2010s | 278 | #2,656 (2019) | #3,898 |
| 2020s | 179 | #3,216 (2022) | #3,718 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ritchie in 1964
Top boys' names in 1964
More about 1964
boys
1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 13,024 of them was named Ritchie, which outranked 86.4% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #623Shelton155
- #625Brady154
- #625Duncan154
- #627Ritchie153
- #627Emilio153
- #629Anton152
- #629Bobbie152
- #629Gavin152
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 864Deron#1,548 → #684
- ↑ 653Cassius#1,513 → #860
- ↑ 392Kipp#1,215 → #823
- ↑ 363Fitzgerald#1,052 → #689
- ↑ 334Adrain#1,279 → #945
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.