How popular is the name Richelle?

Richelle ranks 1,546th among girls' names in US records, with 8,557 births since 1942. Over the past decade it accounts for 167.

Is Richelle a unisex name?

No. Richelle is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1969, when 281 children were given the name. It has been in use for 83 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Richel. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Girl name#1,546 of girl names

Pronounced R IH1 CH EH1 L (ARPABET)

Richelle is a girls' name, and first appears in 1942. It has been given to 8,557 children — the 1,546th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 167 births across the past decade, against a peak of 281 in a single year. That peak was in 1969.

Richel is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

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These spellings sound identical to Richelle and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Richelle?: Richelle ranks 1,546th among girls' names in US records, with 8,557 births since 1942. Over the past decade it accounts for 167.
Is Richelle a unisex name?: No. Richelle is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Richelle most popular?: 1969, when 281 children were given the name. It has been in use for 83 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Richelle spelled?: Richel. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.