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How popular is “Ritchie” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ritchie” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ritchie” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ritchie” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ritchie” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ritchie” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ritchie” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ritchie” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1914 7 0.000004942 7 -100%
1915 5 0.000002729 5 100%
1916 6 0.000003102 6 -100%
1917 6 0.00000299 6 100%
1920 8 0.000003536 8 -100%
1922 7 0.000003058 7 -100%
1923 7 0.00000304 7 -100%
1924 7 0.000002939 7 -100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 -100%
1927 7 0.000003018 7 -100%
1928 13 0.00000575 6 7 -8%
1929 6 0.000002737 6 -100%
1930 8 0.000003598 8 -100%
1931 12 0.000005702 5 7 -17%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 -100%
1933 10 0.000005001 10 -100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 -100%
1936 8 0.000003851 8 -100%
1937 13 0.000006101 13 -100%
1938 10 0.00000452 10 -100%
1939 13 0.0000059 13 -100%
1940 18 0.000007817 7 11 -22%
1941 12 0.000004925 12 -100%
1942 24 0.000008785 5 19 -58%
1943 23 0.000008149 5 18 -57%
1944 15 0.000005576 15 -100%
1945 18 0.000006785 6 12 -33%
1946 27 0.00000845 27 -100%
1947 27 0.000007495 27 -100%
1948 34 0.000009848 34 -100%
1949 47 0.000013487 47 -100%
1950 50 0.000014272 50 -100%
1951 90 0.000024432 90 -100%
1952 81 0.000021327 81 -100%
1953 82 0.000021279 82 -100%
1954 127 0.000031904 5 122 -92%
1955 92 0.000022914 92 -100%
1956 103 0.000024982 103 -100%
1957 84 0.00001999 84 -100%
1958 43 0.000010402 43 -100%
1959 71 0.000017076 71 -100%
1960 54 0.000013 54 -100%
1961 40 0.000009656 40 -100%
1962 96 0.00002379 96 -100%
1963 121 0.000030569 121 -100%
1964 153 0.000039356 153 -100%
1965 118 0.000032548 118 -100%
1966 127 0.00003654 127 -100%
1967 131 0.000038587 131 -100%
1968 105 0.00003108 105 -100%
1969 90 0.000025897 90 -100%
1970 87 0.000024123 87 -100%
1971 86 0.000025056 86 -100%
1972 72 0.000022908 72 -100%
1973 78 0.000025854 78 -100%
1974 63 0.000020724 63 -100%
1975 44 0.000014572 44 -100%
1976 46 0.00001516 46 -100%
1977 34 0.000010704 34 -100%
1978 38 0.000011973 38 -100%
1979 32 0.000009618 32 -100%
1980 29 0.000008419 29 -100%
1981 28 0.000008094 28 -100%
1982 16 0.000004561 16 -100%
1983 26 0.000007507 26 -100%
1984 22 0.000006306 22 -100%
1985 24 0.000006724 24 -100%
1986 24 0.000006747 24 -100%
1987 33 0.000009152 33 -100%
1988 55 0.000014885 55 -100%
1989 41 0.000010665 41 -100%
1990 52 0.000013156 52 -100%
1991 53 0.000013606 53 -100%
1992 43 0.000011194 43 -100%
1993 37 0.000009814 37 -100%
1994 28 0.000007532 28 -100%
1995 27 0.000007373 27 -100%
1996 31 0.0000085 31 -100%
1997 26 0.000007171 26 -100%
1998 30 0.000008156 30 -100%
1999 32 0.000008663 32 -100%
2000 18 0.000004762 18 -100%
2001 29 0.000007747 29 -100%
2002 23 0.000006153 23 -100%
2003 15 0.000003945 15 -100%
2004 18 0.000004711 18 -100%
2005 27 0.000007022 27 -100%
2006 21 0.000005308 21 -100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 -100%
2008 14 0.000003562 14 -100%
2009 25 0.000006544 25 -100%
2010 18 0.00000487 18 -100%
2011 29 0.000007928 29 -100%
2012 22 0.000006015 22 -100%
2013 22 0.000006035 22 -100%
2014 29 0.000007824 29 -100%
2015 24 0.000006485 24 -100%
2016 29 0.000007905 29 -100%
2017 28 0.00000783 28 -100%
2018 29 0.000008248 29 -100%
2019 48 0.000013829 48 -100%
2020 33 0.000009879 33 -100%
2021 28 0.000008265 28 -100%
2022 37 0.000010937 37 -100%
2023 28 0.000008456 28 -100%
2024 25 0.000007511 25 -100%

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