Girls' name · since 1997
Rechy
Rechy has 161 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,085 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,316 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 161
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
161 babies have been named Rechy since 1997, making it today's #7316 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Rechy recorded 161 times among girls since 1997, holding rank #7316 nationally today, ahead of 58% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #22,085 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #7,316 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 161 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rechy ranks #22,085 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,316 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 161 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,085 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #7,316 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 161
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Rechy's 161 recorded births place it above 69.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Rechy compares
161 33rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Rechy's all-time total is 57% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rechy | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 161 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Rechy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Rechy's full recorded timeline at 2017, 66% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 34% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Rechy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Rechy by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (83 births, 52% of the file).
2020s was Rechy's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Rechy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s
2010s
58 births
- 2020s
2020s
83 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 83 births (52% of all-time use).
Rechy by state
Where Rechy concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 73 | 45.3% |
73 of 161 births nationwide.
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- New York records the most Rechys (73 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rechy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1997–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Rechy draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.