Richey

RIH-chee /ˈɹɪtʃi/
boy 2 syllables fading

Richey is a rare variant of Richie that was most common in the 1960s and has all but disappeared.

Richey is a boy name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2015. Richey was first reported in SSA data in 1923 and peaked in 1963 (27 births).

About the name Richey

PronunciationRIH-chee /ˈɹɪtʃi/
27peak births 1963
1923first in SSA data

Names similar to Richey

How popular is Richey?

Boys named Richey
192319401960198020002015
Boys named Richey per year hover for count and boys rank Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, national data 1923–2015 U.S.+territories from SSA territory files (1998–2015) SSA publishes a name only in years it was given to at least 5 babies, so a name may have been in use before — or between — the years shown here

Richey total popularity by year

YearU.S. birthsU.S. + territoriesRank
201566#11,800
200466#11,051
200155#11,932
200066#10,068
199966#9,639
19967—#7,795
19945—#9,942
19915—#9,316
19897—#6,780
19878—#5,346
19836—#6,064
19826—#6,232
197912—#3,519
19786—#5,617
19777—#5,003
19769—#3,938
19758—#4,221
19749—#3,765
197312—#2,982
19728—#3,892
197111—#3,104
197014—#2,603
196911—#2,827
196816—#2,089
196721—#1,747
196620—#1,750
196522—#1,711
196420—#1,842
196327—#1,540
196221—#1,797
196111—#2,670
196012—#2,511
195912—#2,506
195817—#2,004
195710—#2,791
195612—#2,468
19556—#3,806
19548—#3,124
19539—#2,867
19526—#3,668
19519—#2,815
19477—#3,310
19466—#3,462
19445—#3,815
19427—#3,158
19395—#3,875
19235—#4,771