Ritchie
Ritchie is a masculine given name, most often a diminutive form of Richard. People with the name include:Ritchie Adams (1938–2017), American singer and songwriter Ritchie Bayly, Irish footballer Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist Ritchie Bodily (1918–1997), British philatelist Ritchie Branagan, English footballer Ritchie Buckle, English darts player Ritchie Calder (1906–1982), Scottish…
- English
Meaning & Origin of Ritchie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ritchie is a masculine given name, most often a diminutive form of Richard. People with the name include:Ritchie Adams (1938–2017), American singer and songwriter Ritchie Bayly, Irish footballer Ritchie Blackmore, English guitarist Ritchie Bodily (1918–1997), British philatelist Ritchie Branagan, English footballer Ritchie Buckle, English darts player Ritchie Calder (1906–1982), Scottish…
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Ritchie
Ritchie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1914, with 7 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1964, when 153 Ritchies were born — ranking #627 that year. As of 2026, Ritchie ranks #4,288 for baby boys with 25 births, falling sharply (-15%). In total, more than 4K Ritchies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ritchie
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About the name Ritchie
Ritchie is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Ritchie's peak popularity came in 1964 when it ranked #627. Use the chart and map above to compare Ritchie'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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