Ritchie — #4200 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ritchie

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,092 babies named Ritchie between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ritchie currently holds the #4200 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1964, when 153 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ritchie performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,035 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ritchie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 486 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Ritchie in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ritchie 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 4,092 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.