Richmond
- Gender
- Boy
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Richmond is a boys' name, meaning “town in Normandy”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Richmond mean?
“town in Normandy”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Richmond a girl's or a boy's name?
Richmond is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Richmond in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,329among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Richmond, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Richmond in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Richmond in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 5 | #3,772 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 7 | #2,922 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #2,819 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 5 | #3,395 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,386 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,157 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #3,255 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Richmond in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,397among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Richmond, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,851st. Its busiest year was 1921, with 73 boys.
Half of all the boys named Richmond in the US since 1880 were born between 1926 and 1984, the years shaded on the chart below.
Richmond in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 28 | #3,810 |
| 2020 | 19 | #4,851 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 24 | #4,198 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 27 | #3,784 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 23 | #4,219 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 23 | #4,276 |
| 2008 | 21 | #4,537 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,443 |
| 2004 | 27 | #3,452 |
| 2003 | 28 | #3,275 |
| 2002 | 24 | #3,549 |
| 2001 | 26 | #3,316 |
| 2000 | 30 | #2,916 |
| 1999 | 25 | #3,178 |
| 1998 | 31 | #2,648 |
| 1997 | 21 | #3,346 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 41 | #1,964 |
| 1992 | 49 | #1,726 |
| 1991 | 39 | #1,946 |
| 1990 | 48 | #1,680 |
| 1989 | 26 | #2,463 |
| 1988 | 29 | #2,141 |
| 1987 | 29 | #2,053 |
| 1986 | 29 | #2,005 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 27 | #1,978 |
| 1983 | 29 | #1,863 |
| 1982 | 28 | #1,928 |
| 1981 | 31 | #1,810 |
| 1980 | 22 | #2,284 |
| 1979 | 32 | #1,753 |
| 1978 | 24 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 26 | #1,904 |
| 1976 | 37 | #1,469 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,618 |
| 1973 | 32 | #1,514 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,230 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1970 | 48 | #1,192 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1968 | 35 | #1,282 |
| 1967 | 47 | #1,071 |
| 1966 | 25 | #1,539 |
| 1965 | 28 | #1,455 |
| 1964 | 29 | #1,461 |
| 1963 | 29 | #1,454 |
| 1962 | 35 | #1,310 |
| 1961 | 25 | #1,601 |
| 1960 | 32 | #1,399 |
| 1959 | 37 | #1,279 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,252 |
| 1957 | 43 | #1,184 |
| 1956 | 39 | #1,217 |
| 1955 | 38 | #1,218 |
| 1954 | 36 | #1,241 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,138 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,212 |
| 1951 | 52 | #971 |
| 1950 | 41 | #1,104 |
| 1949 | 38 | #1,143 |
| 1948 | 40 | #1,126 |
| 1947 | 47 | #1,052 |
| 1946 | 47 | #980 |
| 1945 | 37 | #1,055 |
| 1944 | 38 | #1,070 |
| 1943 | 42 | #1,037 |
| 1942 | 35 | #1,167 |
| 1941 | 33 | #1,152 |
| 1940 | 40 | #1,019 |
| 1939 | 44 | #942 |
| 1938 | 41 | #992 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,148 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,118 |
| 1935 | 37 | #1,057 |
| 1934 | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1933 | 37 | #1,078 |
| 1932 | 39 | #1,077 |
| 1931 | 43 | #1,015 |
| 1930 | 51 | #944 |
| 1929 | 48 | #975 |
| 1928 | 50 | #963 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,041 |
| 1926 | 66 | #813 |
| 1925 | 49 | #973 |
| 1924 | 56 | #937 |
| 1923 | 58 | #896 |
| 1922 | 53 | #958 |
| 1921 | 73 | #790 |
| 1920 | 35 | #1,225 |
| 1919 | 52 | #927 |
| 1918 | 47 | #975 |
| 1917 | 46 | #946 |
| 1916 | 59 | #803 |
| 1915 | 54 | #832 |
| 1914 | 33 | #967 |
| 1913 | 39 | #745 |
| 1912 | 28 | #835 |
| 1911 | 20 | #707 |
| 1910 | 16 | #755 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 17 | #632 |
| 1907 | 16 | #634 |
| 1906 | 18 | #547 |
| 1905 | 9 | #836 |
| 1904 | 10 | #760 |
| 1903 | 16 | #550 |
| 1902 | 10 | #743 |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,057 |
| 1900 | 15 | #648 |
| 1899 | 19 | #424 |
| 1898 | 18 | #485 |
| 1897 | 11 | #652 |
| 1896 | 10 | #722 |
| 1895 | 10 | #685 |
| 1894 | 9 | #729 |
| 1893 | 16 | #459 |
| 1892 | 9 | #747 |
| 1891 | 9 | #635 |
| 1890 | 5 | #994 |
| 1889 | 9 | #673 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 13 | #488 |
| 1886 | 8 | #694 |
| 1885 | 9 | #641 |
| 1884 | 11 | #570 |
| 1883 | 13 | #497 |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 6 | #780 |
| 1880 | 8 | #682 |
Names like Richmond
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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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, “Richmond: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/richmond, updated 20 October 2026.