Ritchie
Ritchie was given to 28 boys in 2025, #3,925 among boys’ names; 4,170 Americans have been recorded with it since 1914 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 3,310 Americans named Ritchie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (79% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 33 and 63.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ritchie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ritchie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ritchie is “a diminutive of the male given name Richard, also used as a formal given name.”
From Richard.
/ˈɹɪt͡ʃi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ritchie?
#3,925 among boys’ names, 2025
Ritchie rose from #4,263 in 2015 to #3,925 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born rose from 12.5 to 16.4 per million.
153 babies in 1964, the peak
Ritchie peaked in 1964, when 153 boys were given it, #628 among boys’ names. The 28 births of 2025 are 18% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,925 | 16.4 |
| 2024 | 25 | #4,298 | 14.5 |
| 2023 | 28 | #3,974 | 16.4 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,265 | 21.2 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,894 | 16.0 |
| 2020 | 33 | #3,397 | 19.1 |
| 2019 | 48 | #2,680 | 26.8 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,769 | 16.0 |
| 2017 | 28 | #3,863 | 15.1 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,752 | 15.3 |
Every recorded year (105)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 24 | #4,263 | 12.5 |
| 2014 | 29 | #3,671 | 15.1 |
| 2013 | 22 | #4,430 | 11.6 |
| 2012 | 22 | #4,499 | 11.6 |
| 2011 | 29 | #3,678 | 15.3 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,200 | 9.4 |
| 2009 | 25 | #4,135 | 12.6 |
| 2008 | 14 | #6,329 | 6.9 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,533 | 6.3 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,473 | 10.2 |
| 2005 | 27 | #3,591 | 13.5 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,745 | 9.1 |
| 2003 | 15 | #5,212 | 7.6 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,748 | 11.8 |
| 2001 | 29 | #3,121 | 14.9 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,337 | 9.2 |
| 1999 | 32 | #2,707 | 16.7 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,766 | 15.7 |
| 1997 | 26 | #2,959 | 13.8 |
| 1996 | 31 | #2,520 | 16.4 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,741 | 14.2 |
| 1994 | 28 | #2,664 | 14.5 |
| 1993 | 37 | #2,150 | 18.9 |
| 1992 | 43 | #1,900 | 21.5 |
| 1991 | 53 | #1,602 | 26.2 |
| 1990 | 52 | #1,604 | 25.3 |
| 1989 | 41 | #1,847 | 20.5 |
| 1988 | 55 | #1,413 | 28.7 |
| 1987 | 33 | #1,926 | 17.7 |
| 1986 | 24 | #2,344 | 13.0 |
| 1985 | 24 | #2,279 | 13.0 |
| 1984 | 22 | #2,347 | 12.2 |
| 1983 | 26 | #2,064 | 14.5 |
| 1982 | 16 | #2,949 | 8.8 |
| 1981 | 28 | #1,979 | 15.6 |
| 1980 | 29 | #1,949 | 16.3 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,778 | 18.6 |
| 1978 | 38 | #1,534 | 23.1 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,636 | 20.7 |
| 1976 | 46 | #1,312 | 29.3 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,318 | 28.2 |
| 1974 | 63 | #1,042 | 40.1 |
| 1973 | 78 | #912 | 50.0 |
| 1972 | 72 | #959 | 44.4 |
| 1971 | 86 | #882 | 48.6 |
| 1970 | 87 | #866 | 46.8 |
| 1969 | 90 | #816 | 50.3 |
| 1968 | 105 | #732 | 60.4 |
| 1967 | 131 | #652 | 75.1 |
| 1966 | 127 | #658 | 71.2 |
| 1965 | 118 | #687 | 63.4 |
| 1964 | 153 | #628 | 76.8 |
| 1963 | 121 | #709 | 59.6 |
| 1962 | 97 | #774 | 46.9 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,275 | 18.4 |
| 1960 | 54 | #1,056 | 25.3 |
| 1959 | 71 | #912 | 33.3 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,182 | 20.3 |
| 1957 | 84 | #829 | 38.9 |
| 1956 | 103 | #723 | 48.7 |
| 1955 | 92 | #761 | 44.7 |
| 1954 | 122 | #657 | 59.8 |
| 1953 | 82 | #794 | 41.6 |
| 1952 | 81 | #784 | 41.7 |
| 1951 | 90 | #734 | 47.8 |
| 1950 | 50 | #984 | 27.9 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,022 | 26.5 |
| 1948 | 34 | #1,249 | 19.4 |
| 1947 | 27 | #1,442 | 14.8 |
| 1946 | 27 | #1,372 | 16.6 |
| 1945 | 12 | #2,107 | 8.9 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,867 | 11.0 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,751 | 12.6 |
| 1942 | 19 | #1,668 | 13.8 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,180 | 9.8 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,292 | 9.5 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,033 | 11.7 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,450 | 9.0 |
| 1937 | 13 | #2,070 | 12.2 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,808 | 7.7 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,586 | 5.8 |
| 1933 | 10 | #2,507 | 10.1 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,185 | 4.8 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,337 | 6.7 |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,237 | 7.3 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,873 | 5.6 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,641 | 6.3 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,709 | 6.2 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,097 | 5.4 |
| 1924 | 7 | #3,790 | 6.2 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,748 | 6.4 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,802 | 6.4 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,435 | 7.5 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,808 | 6.7 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,854 | 10.7 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ritchie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 4,170 Americans recorded as Ritchie, 1% are girls and 99% boys. In 2025 it went to 28 boys; SSA lists no girls with it that year (fewer than 5, or none).
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ritchie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ritchie, and how old are they?
3,310 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 79% of the 4,170 Americans ever recorded as Ritchie. The median Ritchie alive today is 55 years old; half are between 33 and 63.
The 2020 Census counted 3,284 people named Ritchie (168 women and girls, 3,116 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,348 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 56 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 977 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,020 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 514 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 354 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 385 |
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 Ritchie born?
The states with the most babies named Ritchie are California, North Carolina and Texas, with 55% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 500 | #1,349 | 1.2× |
| North Carolina | 164 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| Texas | 131 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| New York | 76 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Tennessee | 76 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 72 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Indiana | 54 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Louisiana | 51 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Georgia | 50 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 46 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Ritchie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ritchie is most over-represented in North Carolina: since 1914 it was given 1.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
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 Ritchie 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 Ritchie
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 Ritchie and names like it
- Compare Ritchie and DirkBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sRitchie peaked in 1964.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ritchie since 1910.
- The top names of 1964The year the most babies were named Ritchie.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Ritchie alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with RMost given first.