Richey vs Richard

Side-by-side comparison of Richey and Richard - popularity rank, total births, peak decade, and historical trends from Social Security Administration data.

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Richey

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Richard

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Metric Richey Richard
Current Rank Unranked #233
Total Births (all years) 474 2,577,552
Peak Year 1963 1946
Peak Year Births 27 58,870
Peak Decade 1960s 1950s
Gender Boy Boy
First Recorded Year 1923 1880

Births by Decade

Decade Richey Richard
1880s - 7,010
1890s - 7,572
1900s - 10,675
1910s - 74,603
1920s 5 222,599
1930s 5 330,502
1940s 25 477,476
1950s 89 535,461
1960s 181 373,907
1970s 96 202,804
1980s 27 154,745
1990s 23 94,876
2000s 17 48,582
2010s 6 26,747
2020s - 9,993

Recent Annual Births (2014–present)

Year Richey Richard
2014 - 2,888
2015 6 2,688
2016 - 2,525
2017 - 2,286
2018 - 2,138
2019 - 1,990
2020 - 1,828
2021 - 1,783
2022 - 1,688
2023 - 1,645
2024 - 1,544
2025 - 1,505

Data Sources

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, ssa.gov/oact/babynames.
Source: SSA Annual Name Rankings, 1923–2015.

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