# Ritchie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ritchie/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɪt͡ʃi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,170 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 4,120 / 50 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 284, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Richard.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 5 | 4,835 |
| 1917 | 6 | 4,494 |
| 1928 | 6 | 4,621 |
| 1931 | 5 | 4,856 |
| 1940 | 7 | 3,787 |
| 1942 | 5 | 5,236 |
| 1943 | 5 | 5,236 |
| 1945 | 6 | 4,444 |
| 1954 | 5 | 6,449 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 3,679 |
| 2012 | 22 | 4,502 |
| 2013 | 22 | 4,432 |
| 2014 | 29 | 3,673 |
| 2015 | 24 | 4,265 |
| 2016 | 29 | 3,753 |
| 2017 | 28 | 3,867 |
| 2018 | 29 | 3,773 |
| 2019 | 48 | 2,681 |
| 2020 | 33 | 3,399 |
| 2021 | 28 | 3,898 |
| 2022 | 37 | 3,267 |
| 2023 | 28 | 3,977 |
| 2024 | 25 | 4,301 |
| 2025 | 28 | 3,926 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,483 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,023 |
| 2017 | 6 | 3,040 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |
| 2020 | 6 | 2,960 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,165 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Ritchie

- Ritchie Valens, American musician (1941–1959)
- Ritchie De Laet, Belgian association football player
- Ritchie Coster, actor
- Ritchie Torres, American politician (born 1988)
- Ritchie Kitoko, footballer
- George Hodgson, Canadian swimmer, Olympic gold medallist (1893-1983)

## 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.