Richie

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Richie: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Richie: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #409 in 2001, and it stood at #509 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
44times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#409highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#633
1997	#964
1998	#629
1999	#840
2000	#1002
2001	#947
2002	#950
2003	#1092
2004	#906
2005	#1014
2006	#960
2007	#883
2008	#1024
2009	#1033
2010	#942
2011	#907
2012	#805
2013	#751
2014	#935
2015	#927
2016	#946
2017	#1021
2018	#1040
2019	#929
2020	#944
2021	#907
2022	#1029
2023	#910
2024	#945

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #945 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #633 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2001–2025
Highest recorded position: #409 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2001 (recorded 2001–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #509 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Richie appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 783 births with the name.

Richie across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Richie's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#633 (1996)	#629 (1998)	#945 (2024)	29 of 29	783 (1996–2024)	43 (2013)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#409 (2001)	#409 (2001)	#509 (2025)	14 of 25	59 (2001–2025)	7 (2020)

Richie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Richie in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	87	4 of 10	22
2000s	213	10 of 10	21
2010sbusiest	325	10 of 10	33
2020s	158	5 of 10	32

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 33 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Richie appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #409 in Republic of Ireland in 2001.

Richie's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#945	33	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#910	34	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1029	28	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#907	33	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#944	30	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#929	31	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1040	27	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1021	29	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#946	31	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#927	32	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#935	31	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#751	43	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#805	39	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#907	32	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#942	30	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1033	25	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1024	25	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#883	29	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#960	24	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1014	21	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#906	23	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1092	16	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#950	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#947	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#840	19	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#629	28	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#964	15	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#633	25	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#415	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#564	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#710	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#541	5	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#554	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#550	5	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#518	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #409, first reached in 2001.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 43 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2001, and 19 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Richard · #9, 81y
Richelle · #401, 30y
Richmond · #1991, 22y
Rick · #629, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Nana · #409, 29y
Cianna · #407, 28y
Gaia · #412, 29y
Orion · #406, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Abiola · #409, 18y
Chukwuemeka · #409, 28y
Collins · #409, 17y
Fahd · #409, 26y

Richie was ranked #409 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2001. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Richie and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Richie without appearing here.

Richie moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1014 and #954 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #960 and #1892.
Ross Compare
In 2019 they stood at #929 and #894 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #944 and #1723.
Ashleigh Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1002 and #881 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #947 and #1595.
Barry Compare
In 2004 they stood at #906 and #815 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1014 and #1617.

Moved ahead of Richie

Carter Compare
In 1996 they stood at #633 and #755 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #964 and #476.
Finley Compare
In 1996 they stood at #633 and #704 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #964 and #484.
Jude Compare
In 1996 they stood at #633 and #654 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1997 that had become #964 and #505.
Filip Compare
In 2004 they stood at #906 and #1160 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1014 and #615.

Moved the opposite way to Richie

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Richie went from #633 to #945 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Richie went from #633 to #945 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Richie went from #633 to #945 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Richie went from #633 to #945 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Richie

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Richie went from #633 to #945 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Richie went from #633 to #945 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Richie went from #633 to #945 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Richie went from #633 to #945 and Alex from #43 to #171.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #409 in Republic of Ireland in 2001. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Richie

Richie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Richie across 2 official records

Richie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Richie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Richie at a glance

Richie across 2 official records

Richie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Richie

Richie and the names beside it

Richie moved ahead of

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