Boys' name · since 1998
Richon
Richon has 11 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2002 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #34,022 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
11 boys have been named Richon since 1998, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Richon has 11 recorded births among boys since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2002.
- #34,022 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 11 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Richon ranks #34,022 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 11 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #34,022 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 11
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Richon's 11 recorded births place it above 24.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Richon's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Richon splits its recorded history at 2002: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2002 peak of 6 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Richon popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2002
- Peak year (2002)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Richon by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6 births, 55% of the file).
2000s was Richon's strongest decade.
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Richon births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6 births (55% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Richon: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1998–2002 (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 Richon 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.