Ritter — #9381 US boys' name
122 babies named Ritter in U.S. Social Security records since 1997, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 34% of names given to boys today.
71% of everyone ever named Ritter was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Ritter in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ritter
The Social Security Administration has registered 122 babies named Ritter between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ritter currently holds the #9381 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ritter performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 87 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ritter shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ritter 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 122 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.
Ritter at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Ritter popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1997
- Peak year (2016)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
Currently ranks #9381 among boys.
122 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 17 births in a single year.
Ritter by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 87 births that decade — 71% of Ritter's all-time total
Ritter decade highlights
- Peak decade 87 births
- Runner-up 21 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ritter's strongest decade
87 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 71% of all-time use.
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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, 1997–2024 (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.