Richter
- Gender
- Boy
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Richter is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
Is Richter a girl's or a boy's name?
Richter is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Richter in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Richter, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. It first appears in the records in 2007.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Richter of any year since it first appeared, in 2007.
Half of all the boys named Richter in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
Richter in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #10,989 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
Names like Richter
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Fletcher Jasper Porter Abner Oliver Casper Miller Henry Wylder August Foster Moses
Sources
Figures from 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, “Richter: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/richter, updated 20 October 2026.