Given name & surname
Richey
“a powerful ruler”
Richey is a variant of Rich. In English use, Rich carries the interpretation “a powerful ruler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Richey is a variant of Rich. In English use, Rich carries the interpretation “a powerful ruler.”
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Richey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 474
- 474 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 27 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 27 in 1963. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 368 as a first name in 2020; 17,729 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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>99% boys