Ritter
Boy · RIT-er · Germanic
Ritter is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “knight, rider”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ritter mean?
Germanic: German surname from Ritter 'knight'
“knight, rider”
Ritter is the German word for knight, originally meaning a rider.
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Is Ritter a girl's or a boy's name?
Ritter is a boys' name.
How popular is Ritter in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2016, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
Half of all the boys named Ritter in the US since 1880 were born between 2012 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ritter in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 8 | #8,734 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 17 | #5,314 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 9 | #8,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 5 | #12,224 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
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