Richy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RICH-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Richy is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “powerful and brave”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Richy mean?
Germanic: spelling of Richie; pet form of Richard
“powerful and brave”
A pet form of Richard, also found as a surname, especially in Scotland in the spelling Ritchie.
Meaning borrowed from Richie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Richy a girl's or a boy's name?
Richy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Richy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Richy, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1962, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1948.
Half of all the boys named Richy in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 118 boys in the US were given Richy or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,344, up from #12,003 for this spelling alone.
Richy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 10 | #7,495 |
| 2010 | 12 | #6,692 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 12 | #6,455 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 14 | #5,265 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 6 | #9,104 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 17 | #3,456 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 13 | #4,011 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 7 | #4,969 |
| 1983 | 6 | #5,481 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 7 | #4,580 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 6 | #4,795 |
| 1974 | 11 | #3,118 |
| 1973 | 7 | #4,052 |
| 1972 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1971 | 8 | #3,656 |
| 1970 | 14 | #2,508 |
| 1969 | 12 | #2,548 |
| 1968 | 18 | #1,893 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,710 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 22 | #1,699 |
| 1963 | 24 | #1,627 |
| 1962 | 26 | #1,545 |
| 1961 | 15 | #2,147 |
| 1960 | 23 | #1,691 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1958 | 12 | #2,368 |
| 1957 | 8 | #3,022 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
Names like Richy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rory, Ricky, Randy, Rowdy, Cody, Rocky, Andy, Ryan, Brody, Brady, Derek, Avery
Other spellings of Richy
Names related to Richy
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Richy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/richy, updated 20 October 2026.