Masculine dossier · first seen 1914

Ritchie

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ritchie
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

1964

Peak rank proxy

153

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Boomer

1914Peak 19642024

Peak year

1964

Decline from peak

83.7%

2024

All-time

4,092

Ritchie has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 1964, when 153 boys were named Ritchie.

In 2024, only 25 boys were given the name.

Down 83.7% from its peak.

All told, about 4,092 Americans have been named Ritchie and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1914.

Rarity score99th percentile rare

AssociationBoomer

StabilityEra-bound, still legible

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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