Recorded 2000–2022 Boys' name Peak 2008 333 births

Rithik — boys' name

333 babies named Rithik in U.S. Social Security records since 2000, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

2000s1802010s1402020s13
2000s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Rithik was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

29 babies were named Rithik in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Rithik

The Social Security Administration has registered 333 babies named Rithik between 2000 and 2022, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rithik currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rithik performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 180 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Rithik shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 23 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rithik in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rithik 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 333 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.

Rithik at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

333

Since 2000

23 years of records

Peak year

2008

29 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

2000

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2022

Rithik popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2000

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2008)
29
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
010203040 20222018201520122009200620032000 22

Rithik by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
180 births that decade — 54% of Rithik's all-time total
2000s1802010s1402020s13

Rithik by state

Where Rithik concentrates geographically — total births since 2000

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Rithik
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
23 6.9%
California share of Rithik's total US births 6.9%

23 of 333 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Rithik?
333 babies have been named Rithik since 2000. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2008 with 29 births.
When was Rithik most popular?
Rithik was most popular in the 2000s decade with 180 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Rithik most popular?
The top states for the name Rithik are California (23 births).
How long has the name Rithik been used?
Rithik has been recorded in Social Security data since 2000, spanning 23 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Rithik?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ritchie, Rito, Rita, Rithvik, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 2000–2022 (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.