Richy — #11066 US boys' name
698 babies named Richy in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Richy was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Richy in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Richy
The Social Security Administration has registered 698 babies named Richy between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Richy currently holds the #11066 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Richy performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 193 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Richy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Richy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Richy 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 698 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.
Richy at a glance
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Current rank
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Richy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1948
- Peak year (1962)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
Currently ranks #11066 among boys.
698 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 26 births in a single year.
Richy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 193 births that decade — 28% of Richy's all-time total
Richy decade highlights
- Peak decade 193 births
- Runner-up 116 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Richy's strongest decade
193 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Richy by state
Where Richy concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 16 | 2.3% |
16 of 698 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 2.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 2.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1948–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.