Richelle — #12263 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Richelle

The Social Security Administration has registered 8,447 babies named Richelle between 1942 and 2024, spanning 83 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Richelle currently holds the #12263 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1969, when 281 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Richelle performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 2,096 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Richelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,164 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Richelle in 34 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Richelle 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 8,447 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.