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.
54% of everyone ever named Rithik was born in this single decade.
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 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rithik popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–2000
- Peak year (2008)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
333 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 29 births in a single year.
Rithik by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 180 births that decade — 54% of Rithik's all-time total
Rithik decade highlights
- Peak decade 180 births
- Runner-up 140 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Rithik's strongest decade
180 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 54% of all-time use.
Rithik by state
Where Rithik concentrates geographically — total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 23 | 6.9% |
23 of 333 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 6.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.9% 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, 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.