Richmond
Richmond was given to 17 boys in 2025, #5,561 among boys’ names; 4,305 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,210 Americans named Richmond and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (51% of everyone recorded); the median is 44 years old and half are between 26 and 64.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Richmond by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Richmond mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Richmond is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the sense “town in Normandy” (Richemont).
From Middle English Rychemund, from a name cognate to French Richemont (“town in Normandy”). Equivalent to rich + mound.
/ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənd/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Richmond?
#5,561 among boys’ names, 2025
Richmond fell from #4,262 in 2015 to #5,561 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 12.5 to 10.0 per million.
73 babies in 1921, the peak
Richmond peaked in 1921, when 73 boys were given it, #798 among boys’ names. The 17 births of 2025 are 23% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,561 | 0.01 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,737 | 0.01 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,810 | 0.01 |
| 2022 | 15 | #6,079 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,892 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,991 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,925 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 26 | #4,077 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,428 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,288 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 | #4,262 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,865 | 0.01 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,344 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,979 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,325 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,801 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,395 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,668 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,384 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,472 | 0.01 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,506 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,518 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,343 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,640 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,385 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,972 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,256 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,693 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,427 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,417 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,903 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,738 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,990 | 0.02 |
| 1992 | 49 | #1,740 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,969 | 0.02 |
| 1990 | 48 | #1,692 | 0.02 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,523 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,179 | 0.02 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,100 | 0.02 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,043 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,162 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 27 | #2,022 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,895 | 0.02 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,979 | 0.02 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,854 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,347 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,777 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,056 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,938 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,493 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,932 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,652 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 32 | #1,541 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,246 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,459 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,204 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,317 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,310 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,080 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,569 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 28 | #1,475 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 29 | #1,482 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,479 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,336 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 25 | #1,625 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,424 | 0.02 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,294 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,261 | 0.02 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,195 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,228 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,236 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,262 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,152 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,222 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 52 | #981 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,119 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,157 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 40 | #1,138 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 47 | #1,060 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 47 | #1,000 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,068 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,082 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,049 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,189 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 33 | #1,166 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,030 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 44 | #952 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 41 | #1,003 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,162 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,139 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,209 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,088 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,025 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 51 | #955 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 48 | #981 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 50 | #974 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,055 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 66 | #819 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 49 | #980 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 56 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 58 | #903 | 0.05 |
| 1922 | 53 | #970 | 0.05 |
| 1921 | 73 | #798 | 0.07 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,230 | 0.03 |
| 1919 | 52 | #937 | 0.05 |
| 1918 | 47 | #981 | 0.05 |
| 1917 | 46 | #960 | 0.05 |
| 1916 | 59 | #808 | 0.07 |
| 1915 | 54 | #842 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 33 | #983 | 0.05 |
| 1913 | 39 | #756 | 0.08 |
| 1912 | 28 | #850 | 0.07 |
| 1911 | 20 | #725 | 0.09 |
| 1910 | 16 | #777 | 0.08 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,250 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 17 | #650 | 0.11 |
| 1907 | 16 | #658 | 0.11 |
| 1906 | 18 | #561 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 9 | #905 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 10 | #802 | 0.08 |
| 1903 | 16 | #571 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 10 | #782 | 0.08 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,182 | 0.05 |
| 1900 | 15 | #674 | 0.10 |
| 1899 | 19 | #433 | 0.18 |
| 1898 | 18 | #501 | 0.15 |
| 1897 | 11 | #670 | 0.10 |
| 1896 | 10 | #767 | 0.08 |
| 1895 | 10 | #733 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 9 | #776 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 16 | #476 | 0.14 |
| 1892 | 9 | #783 | 0.07 |
| 1891 | 9 | #691 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,128 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 9 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1888 | 10 | #689 | 0.08 |
| 1887 | 13 | #510 | 0.13 |
| 1886 | 8 | #745 | 0.07 |
| 1885 | 9 | #686 | 0.08 |
| 1884 | 11 | #600 | 0.10 |
| 1883 | 13 | #515 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 11 | #603 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 6 | #847 | 0.06 |
| 1880 | 8 | #733 | 0.07 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Richmond a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Richmond has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 146 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Richmond: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Richmond, and how old are they?
2,210 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 51% of the 4,305 Americans ever recorded as Richmond. The median Richmond alive today is 44 years old; half are between 26 and 64.
The 2020 Census counted 2,664 people named Richmond (39 women and girls, 2,625 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,321 born in the U.S. The Census count is 15% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 132 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 469 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 465 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 491 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 384 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 264 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Richmond born?
The states with the most babies named Richmond are California, Alabama and Mississippi, with 45% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Alabama and Mississippi are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 102 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Alabama | 93 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Mississippi | 50 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| New York | 48 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Texas | 44 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 42 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| North Carolina | 40 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| South Carolina | 36 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 22 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Kentucky | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Richmond with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Richmond
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Richmond and names like it
- Compare Richmond and ReubenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sRichmond peaked in 1921.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Richmond since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Richmond: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Richmond.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Richmond alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.