Boys' name · since 1994
Richer
20 babies named Richer in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #29,187 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
20 boys have been named Richer since 1994, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Richer has 20 recorded births among boys since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 1999.
- #29,187 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 20 born since 1994
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Richer ranks #29,187 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 1994, peaking in the 1990s.
- #29,187 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 20
- born since 1994
- 1990s
- peak decade
Richer's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Richer's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Richer splits its recorded history at 1998: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1994 (6 births) -- compare that against the 1998 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Richer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1999
- Peak year (1998)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 6 years of records
Richer by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Richer's strongest decade.
20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Richer births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
20 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Richer: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1998)
Similar record span (~5 yrs)
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, 1994–1999 (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 Richer 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.