How Many People Are Named Richie?
people named Richie are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 53,739 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,575 babies named Richie in Social Security records from 1899 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
230 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of RICHARD.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Richie in English. Counting Richie and these spellings together, about 9,704 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Richie, 3.7% were girls and 96.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Richie fell from 62.9% in the 1920s to 5.9% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Richie alive today is about 42 years old, and 42% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 60 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Richie first appears in the records in 1899 and was given most often in 1964, to 230 babies. In 2025, 97 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1899 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Richie has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #528, in 1964. In 2025 it ranked #1,861.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,861 |
| Best rank | #528 (1964) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #595 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Richie alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Richie were born in California than in any other state: about 929 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Richie was given 3 times as often in New York, 2.4 times in California and 2.2 times in Tennessee.
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