Ritter

Peak · boys
2016 · 17 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
122
since 1997

Ritter over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ritter has never cracked the top 5,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #5,318, 2016boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2024#8,9878
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2021#12,1465
2020#8,7398
2019#12,1455
2018#7,13611
2017#9,6967
2016#5,31817
2015#9,5687
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2013#7,53710
2012#12,2745
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First appearance
1997

The first year at least five boys were named Ritter! It came in at #9,265, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1997–2008, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ritter is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Ritter in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Ritter
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1997
  • Peaked 2016 at #5,318 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 111,632
  • Highest: 1 in 111,632 boys born in 2016 were named Ritter (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 215,361 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 71.3% of all boys named Ritter (87) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s5#9,265 (1997)#9,265
2000s9#8,310 (2009)#8,310
2010s87#5,318 (2016)#9,104
2020s21#8,739 (2020)#9,957

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.

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