Ritchie

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ritchie: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #451 in 2002, and it stood at #1,859 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
30times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#451highest recorded position
10groupings 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	#1168
1997	#1454
1998	#1188
1999	#1130
2000	#1330
2001	#814
2002	#1411
2003	#1513
2004	#1110
2005	#1716
2006	#1545
2007	#1885
2008	#2276
2009	#2837
2010	#1911
2011	#2613
2012	#3039
2013	#3315
2014	#2079
2015	#2483
2016	#4023
2017	#3040
2018	#4749
2019	#4702
2020	#2960
2021	#2125
2022	#2165
2023	#1701
2024	#1859

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 2002: #451 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1411 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #1168 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
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1859 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ritchie 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 Ritchie in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	42	4 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	114	10 of 10	11
2010s	63	10 of 10	6
2020s	53	5 of 10	11

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 11 births a year.

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

Ritchie 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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002.

Ritchie'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	#1859	13	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1701	14	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#2125	10	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2960	6	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#4702	3	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3040	6	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#4023	4	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2483	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#3315	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3039	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2613	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2276	8	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1885	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1110	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1513	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1411	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#814	21	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1188	11	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1454	8	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #451, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2001.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2002, and 6 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.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Akeem · #451, 29y
Immanuel · #451, 29y
Jawad · #451, 30y
Kehinde · #451, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Akeem · #451, 29y
Anderson · #451, 29y
Ayooluwa · #451, 11y
Immanuel · #451, 29y

Ritchie was ranked #451 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2002. 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.

Ritchie 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 Ritchie without appearing here.

Ritchie moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1701 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1859 and #5119.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #1879 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1701 and #4107.
Kim Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2837 and #2544 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #3865.
Roger Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #1781 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #1701 and #3523.

Moved ahead of Ritchie

Harper Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1885 and #2023 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #1294.
Hunter Compare
In 2006 they stood at #1545 and #1643 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1885 and #926.
Aksel Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3039 and #3416 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #3315 and #2403.
Mathias Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1885 and #2211 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #2276 and #1511.

Moved the opposite way to Ritchie

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ritchie went from #1168 to #1859 while Albie went from #853 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ritchie went from #1168 to #1859 while Alfie went from #119 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ritchie went from #1168 to #1859 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ritchie went from #1168 to #1859 while Archie went from #192 to #10.

Moved the same way as Ritchie

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ritchie went from #1168 to #1859 and Aaron from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ritchie went from #1168 to #1859 and Adam from #16 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ritchie went from #1168 to #1859 and Alan from #163 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ritchie went from #1168 to #1859 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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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 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #451 in Republic of Ireland in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ritchie

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What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ritchie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ritchie at a glance

Ritchie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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