# Richmond (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/richmond/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “town in normandy” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɪt͡ʃ.mənd/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,305 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,305 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 118, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Middle English Rychemund, from a name cognate to French Richemont (“town in Normandy”). Equivalent to rich + mound.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 23 | 4,327 |
| 2012 | 26 | 3,982 |
| 2013 | 17 | 5,348 |
| 2014 | 27 | 3,868 |
| 2015 | 24 | 4,264 |
| 2016 | 24 | 4,289 |
| 2017 | 23 | 4,432 |
| 2018 | 26 | 4,081 |
| 2019 | 20 | 4,929 |
| 2020 | 19 | 4,995 |
| 2021 | 28 | 3,896 |
| 2022 | 15 | 6,084 |
| 2023 | 13 | 6,815 |
| 2024 | 13 | 6,742 |
| 2025 | 17 | 5,563 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 5 | 3,095 |
| 2008 | 6 | 2,775 |
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 3 | 4,810 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2020 | 7 | 2,682 |
| 2022 | 7 | 2,755 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2024 | 5 | 3,688 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,256 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 里士滿, 里奇蒙
- Korean: 리치먼드
- Lithuanian: Ričmondas
- Russian: Ри́чмонд

## People named Richmond

- Richmond Landon, athletics competitor (1898-1971)
- Richmond K. Turner, Admiral in the United States Navy (1885-1961)
- Richmond Arquette, American actor
- Richmond Barthé, African American sculptor (1901–1989)
- John Carradine, American actor (1906-1988)
- Dick Eve, Australian diver (1901–1970)
- David Gergen, American political consultant (1942–2025)
- Sandy Wollaston, British explorer and biologist (1875-1930)

## 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.