Richey — boys' name

What the Data Says About Richey

The Social Security Administration has registered 474 babies named Richey between 1923 and 2015, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Richey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Richey performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Richey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Richey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Richey 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 474 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.