Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ritchie

#1,973 most common boys' name of all time · #4,747 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among boys
#1,973
Rank overall
#4,747 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
107 of 146
All-time
4,170
Since 2016
313
Peak year
1964 #628
Best rank
#628 1964
Girls Boys peak 153/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ritchie first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 28 28 #3,861
2024 — 25 25 #4,216
2023 — 28 28 #3,904
2022 — 37 37 #3,230
2021 — 28 28 #3,832
2020 — 33 33 #3,354
2019 — 48 48 #2,665
2018 — 29 29 #3,720
2017 — 28 28 #3,806
2016 — 29 29 #3,690
2015 — 24 24 #4,194
2014 — 29 29 #3,627
2013 — 22 22 #4,330
2012 — 22 22 #4,404
2011 — 29 29 #3,616
2010 — 18 18 #5,071
2009 — 25 25 #4,054
2008 — 14 14 #6,112
2007 — 13 13 #6,303
2006 — 21 21 #4,392
2005 — 27 27 #3,541
2004 — 18 18 #4,629
2003 — 15 15 #5,066
2002 — 23 23 #3,685
2001 — 29 29 #3,071
2000 — 18 18 #4,238
1999 — 32 32 #2,674
1998 — 30 30 #2,731
1997 — 26 26 #2,915
1996 — 31 31 #2,495
1995 — 27 27 #2,700
1994 — 28 28 #2,636
1993 — 37 37 #2,131
1992 — 43 43 #1,896
1991 — 53 53 #1,596
1990 — 52 52 #1,599
1989 — 41 41 #1,839
1988 — 55 55 #1,412
1987 — 33 33 #1,912
1986 — 24 24 #2,316
1985 — 24 24 #2,245
1984 — 22 22 #2,315
1983 — 26 26 #2,050
1982 — 16 16 #2,877
1981 — 28 28 #1,963
1980 — 29 29 #1,937
1979 — 32 32 #1,770
1978 — 38 38 #1,524
1977 — 34 34 #1,629
1976 — 46 46 #1,315
1975 — 44 44 #1,313
1974 — 63 63 #1,041
1973 — 78 78 #909
1972 — 72 72 #956
1971 — 86 86 #880
1970 — 87 87 #866
1969 — 90 90 #815
1968 — 105 105 #732
1967 — 131 131 #652
1966 — 127 127 #658
1965 — 118 118 #686
1964 — 153 153 #628
1963 — 121 121 #711
1962 — 97 97 #774
1961 — 39 39 #1,275
1960 — 54 54 #1,055
1959 — 71 71 #911
1958 — 43 43 #1,183
1957 — 84 84 #830
1956 — 103 103 #724
1955 — 92 92 #762
1954 5 122 127 #658
1953 — 82 82 #795
1952 — 81 81 #785
1951 — 90 90 #734
1950 — 50 50 #987
1949 — 47 47 #1,027
1948 — 34 34 #1,253
1947 — 27 27 #1,447
1946 — 27 27 #1,375
1945 6 12 18 #2,104
1944 — 15 15 #1,870
1943 5 18 23 #1,753
1942 5 19 24 #1,671
1941 — 12 12 #2,181
1940 7 11 18 #2,298
1939 — 13 13 #2,036
1938 — 10 10 #2,443
1937 — 13 13 #2,073
1936 — 8 8 #2,792
1935 — 6 6 #3,482
1933 — 10 10 #2,495
1932 — 5 5 #4,016
1931 5 7 12 #3,281
1930 — 8 8 #3,217
1929 — 6 6 #3,762
1928 6 7 13 #3,546
1927 — 7 7 #3,635
1926 — 6 6 #3,944
1924 — 7 7 #3,703
1923 — 7 7 #3,658
1922 — 7 7 #3,705
1920 — 8 8 #3,374
1917 6 — 6 —
1916 — 6 6 #3,721
1915 5 — 5 —
1914 — 7 7 #2,899