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How popular is the name Ritchie?
Births per year, rank history and how many Ritchies are alive today.
Ritchie (male) is a rare spelling of the boys' name Richie in England and Wales, ranked 2014th in 2025 and given to 12 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2001, when 21 babies were given the name, the 814th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Richie you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Richies born in England and Wales are between 9 and 28, and there are at least 1,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Richie - on average, only one in every 234 such rooms contains a Richie.
How many babies are named Ritchie each year?
Includes all spellings: Ritchie, Richie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ritchie spelling rank?
Where does the Richie spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ritchie most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Richie, peaked in 2013, when 48 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Ritchie spelling itself peaked in 2001, with 21 babies.
How many people are called Ritchie?
At least 1,300 people named Ritchie in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ritchie?
Most living Ritchies are between 9 and 28; the most common age is about 2.
Is Ritchie becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.