How Many People Are Named Richmond?

2,236

people named Richmond are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 152,855 people in the US has this name

Based on 4,305 babies named Richmond in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#6,256

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#2,336

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Peak Year

1921

73 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Richmond in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Richmond alive today is about 44 years old, and 40% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 25 and 63 in 2025.

Under 30 681
30.5%
30 to 59 904
40.4%
60 and over 651
29.1%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Richmond first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1921, to 73 babies. In 2025, 17 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Richmond has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #433, in 1899. In 2025 it ranked #5,561.

Boys
Rank in 2025#5,561
Best rank#433 (1899)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#947 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Richmond alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Richmond were born in California than in any other state: about 91 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Richmond was given 7.8 times as often in Alabama, 5.8 times in Mississippi and 2.8 times in California.

California 91
Alabama 26
New York 25
Texas 16
Florida 14
Georgia 11
Mississippi 10
Louisiana 7
North Carolina 6
South Carolina 4
Virginia 4

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