Richy
Richie or Richy is a masculine given name or short form (hypocorism) of Richard. It is also a surname. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Richy
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Richie or Richy is a masculine given name or short form (hypocorism) of Richard. It is also a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Richy
Richy first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1948, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1962: 26 births, good for #1,547 nationwide. About 28% of every Richy on record arrived during the 1960s, its defining decade. Richy last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 698 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Richy
Richy is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1948 and has accumulated 698 births in the dataset. Richy's peak popularity came in 1962 when it ranked #1,547. Use the chart and map above to compare Richy's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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