Boys' name · since 2007
Richter
Richter has 76 recorded births since 2007 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,293 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,541 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Richter is the #7541 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 76 recorded since 2007.
Social Security Administration records show Richter recorded 76 times among boys since 2007, holding rank #7541 nationally today, ahead of 46% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2007 to 2025.
- #19,293 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #7,541 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 76 born since 2007
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Richter ranks #19,293 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #7,541 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 76 born since 2007, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,293 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #7,541 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 76
- born since 2007
- 2020s
- peak decade
Richter's 76 recorded births place it above 57.53% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Richter compares
76 22nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Richter's all-time total is 79% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Richter | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 76 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 11 | 34 | 22,252 |
Richter's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Richter's SSA record in two at 2020 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2007, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Richter popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2007–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 19 years of records
Richter by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (45 births, 59% of the file).
2020s was Richter's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Richter births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 11
2000s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
20 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 45 births (59% of all-time use).
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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, 2007–2025 (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 Richter 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.