Richmond
Richmond is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. Its best rank was 433rd, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 192173 births
- Best rank
- #433in 1899
- Since 1880
- 4,287people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,287 boys have been named Richmond in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 73 births.
The name has all but left use: 13 births in 2024, against 73 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1951, and the 1920s alone account for 12%. It has spent 49 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Richmond | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 98 | |
| 1890s | 116 | |
| 1900s | 123 | |
| 1910s | 394 | |
| 1920s | 533 | |
| 1930s | 390 | |
| 1940s | 397 | |
| 1950s | 403 | |
| 1960s | 322 | |
| 1970s | 334 | |
| 1980s | 276 | |
| 1990s | 339 | |
| 2000s | 245 | |
| 2010s | 229 | |
| 2020s | 88 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Richmond was the 798th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1921 were John, Robert, William, James and Charles. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Richmond
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Reubenpeak 1920
- Emilepeak 1922
- Luciouspeak 1926
- Godfreypeak 1918
- Mackpeak 1942
- Crawfordpeak 1924
- Corneliuspeak 1974
- Rufuspeak 1922
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.