Ritchey — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ritchey

The Social Security Administration has registered 19 babies named Ritchey between 1953 and 1972, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ritchey currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1972. The name reached its historical peak in 1963, when 8 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ritchey performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 8 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Ritchey shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ritchey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ritchey 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 19 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.