Richmond — #6452 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Richmond

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,287 babies named Richmond between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Richmond currently holds the #6452 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 73 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Richmond performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 533 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Richmond shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 102 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Richmond in 14 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Richmond 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 4,287 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.