# Richelle (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/richelle/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 8,456 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 8,456 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 110, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 4,339 |
| 2012 | 43 | 3,696 |
| 2013 | 34 | 4,320 |
| 2014 | 22 | 5,954 |
| 2015 | 25 | 5,424 |
| 2016 | 21 | 6,150 |
| 2017 | 25 | 5,304 |
| 2018 | 20 | 6,190 |
| 2019 | 12 | 9,005 |
| 2020 | 14 | 7,882 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,628 |
| 2022 | 15 | 7,571 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10,181 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13,183 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10,743 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | 2,895 |
| 2008 | 5 | 3,860 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,936 |
| 2010 | 4 | 4,688 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,645 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Richelle

- Richelle Mead, American writer
- Richelle Ryan, American pornographic actress
- Chely Wright, American singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.