Richelle
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- rih-SHEL
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,104 for girls
Richelle is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “power + brave”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Richelle mean?
Germanic: feminine form of Richard, perhaps influenced by Rochelle
“power + brave”
A 20th-century feminine form of Richard, sharing its Germanic roots ric, 'power', and hard, 'brave'.
Is Richelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Richelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Richelle in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 200% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Richelle, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1996, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Richelle in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Richelle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 6 | #3,758 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,931 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 9 | #2,226 |
| 2003 | 3 | #4,560 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #1,862 |
How popular is Richelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 9 girls in the US were named Richelle, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 281 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the girls named Richelle in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Richelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 18 | #6,409 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 20 | #6,006 |
| 2017 | 25 | #5,189 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 25 | #5,286 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 43 | #3,643 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 53 | #3,122 |
| 2009 | 68 | #2,671 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,956 |
| 2007 | 59 | #2,992 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2005 | 50 | #3,122 |
| 2004 | 63 | #2,616 |
| 2003 | 66 | #2,462 |
| 2002 | 77 | #2,155 |
| 2001 | 61 | #2,508 |
| 2000 | 65 | #2,370 |
| 1999 | 86 | #1,841 |
| 1998 | 85 | #1,816 |
| 1997 | 88 | #1,739 |
| 1996 | 134 | #1,286 |
| 1995 | 128 | #1,298 |
| 1994 | 151 | #1,167 |
| 1993 | 180 | #1,021 |
| 1992 | 160 | #1,111 |
| 1991 | 218 | #894 |
| 1990 | 214 | #895 |
| 1989 | 241 | #787 |
| 1988 | 216 | #834 |
| 1987 | 214 | #817 |
| 1986 | 201 | #829 |
| 1985 | 187 | #858 |
| 1984 | 152 | #953 |
| 1983 | 184 | #832 |
| 1982 | 164 | #919 |
| 1981 | 195 | #816 |
| 1980 | 187 | #835 |
| 1979 | 208 | #771 |
| 1978 | 182 | #822 |
| 1977 | 156 | #905 |
| 1976 | 167 | #830 |
| 1975 | 187 | #759 |
| 1974 | 201 | #716 |
| 1973 | 249 | #618 |
| 1972 | 264 | #603 |
| 1971 | 225 | #682 |
| 1970 | 257 | #639 |
| 1969 | 281 | #590 |
| 1968 | 229 | #642 |
| 1967 | 193 | #702 |
| 1966 | 170 | #755 |
| 1965 | 126 | #894 |
| 1964 | 102 | #1,078 |
| 1963 | 121 | #964 |
| 1962 | 94 | #1,121 |
| 1961 | 116 | #1,005 |
| 1960 | 86 | #1,173 |
| 1959 | 61 | #1,369 |
| 1958 | 62 | #1,339 |
| 1957 | 60 | #1,365 |
| 1956 | 53 | #1,452 |
| 1955 | 41 | #1,596 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,539 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,706 |
| 1952 | 18 | #2,501 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 14 | #2,780 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 12 | #2,973 |
| 1947 | 11 | #3,238 |
| 1946 | 11 | #3,033 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
Names like Richelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Richelle
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Richelle: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/richelle, updated 20 October 2026.