Richele — girls' name

What the Data Says About Richele

The Social Security Administration has registered 751 babies named Richele between 1953 and 2001, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Richele currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 43 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Richele performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 240 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Richele shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 32 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Michigan. In total, SSA state-level files list Richele in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Richele in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 751 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.