Ridley

#2,002 for girls in 2025, 95 births · #2,077 for boys in 2025, 71 births
Given to boys 52.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#1,733
2018 · 89 births
Debut · boys
1915
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,528
since 1915

Ridley over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202023peak #1,677, 2018peak #1,733, 2018girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#2,00295#2,07771
2024#1,925103#2,23664
2023#1,865107#2,06472
2022#1,918104#1,98177
2021#1,98098#1,75092
2020#1,893101#1,87279
2019#1,833111#1,93876
2018#1,677124#1,73389
2017#2,40175#1,97772
2016#2,26984#1,87579
2015#2,52471#2,18962
2014#2,49772#2,06368
2013#4,33633#2,06565
2012#4,95728#2,44851
2011#5,20726#2,95039
2010#7,21717#2,42951
2009#6,54420#2,89441
2008#6,55920#3,10337
2007#9,53912#4,24323
2006#6,59219#3,88825
2005#8,88312#4,32620
2004#8,25913#3,36828
2003#9,67110#3,97621
2002#10,2469#4,91915
2001—#5,39013
2000—#10,3495
1999—#8,7046
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First appearance
1915

The first year at least five boys were named Ridley! It came in at #2,829, and was given to 8 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1916–1918, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Ridley is popular in 2023

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,462 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,974 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedHITexas: #2,113 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 25,344 boysTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ridley, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Texas#2,113 · 1 in 25,344
  2. California#2,462 · 1 in 35,974

Best ever in a state: #386 in Tennessee, 1935.

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California#2,46251 in 35,974
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See more about Ridley
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 159 spots since 2024 (#2,236 → #2,077)
  • 205 spots since 2020 (#1,872 → #2,077)
  • 112 spots since 2015 (#2,189 → #2,077)
Rise & fade · boys
103 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1915
  • Peaked 2018 at #1,733 (89 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 19,016
  • Highest: 1 in 19,016 boys born in 2021 were named Ridley (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 24,057 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,733 in 2018, was only 1 in 20,406 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 42.7% of all boys named Ridley (652) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2014
  • Mostly boys until 2013, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s16#2,829 (1915)#2,972
1920s29#3,175 (1923)#3,921
1930s47#2,638 (1932)#3,147
1940s32#2,690 (1946)#3,115
1950s31#3,033 (1958)#3,454
1960s0——
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1980s5#6,721 (1986)#6,721
1990s33#7,422 (1992)#8,408
2000s228#2,894 (2009)#4,646
2010s652#1,733 (2018)#2,167
2020s455#1,750 (2021)#1,997

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ridley in 2023

girls
#1,865
107 births · 1 in 14,996 girls
boys
#2,064
72 births · 1 in 23,758 boys

Top girls' names in 2023

  1. #1Olivia15,329
  2. #2Emma13,590
  3. #3Charlotte12,638
  4. #4Amelia12,365
  5. #5Sophia11,999
  6. #6Mia11,404
  7. #7Isabella10,871
  8. #8Ava9,737
  9. #9Evelyn9,121
  10. #10Luna7,853
  11. #1,865Ridley107

Top boys' names in 2023

  1. #1Liam20,904
  2. #2Noah19,116
  3. #3Oliver14,792
  4. #4James11,739
  5. #5Elijah11,523
  6. #6Mateo11,293
  7. #7Theodore11,093
  8. #8Henry10,996
  9. #9Lucas10,890
  10. #10William10,673
  11. #2,064Ridley72
More about 2023

girls

1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 14,996 of them was named Ridley, which outranked 89.4% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ridley
  1. #1,850Katrina108
  2. #1,850Nicolette108
  3. #1,850Sora108
  4. #1,865Ridley107
  5. #1,865Aryana107
  6. #1,865Aubri107
  7. #1,865Cienna107
  8. #1,878Arayah106
  9. #1,878Cattaleya106
  10. #1,878Cosette106

Tied with 12 names at #1,865; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,640Kaeli#2,319 → #679
  2. ↑ 1,512Alitzel#2,388 → #876
  3. ↑ 1,287Emryn#2,174 → #887
  4. ↑ 813Adhara#1,583 → #770
  5. ↑ 717Azari#1,412 → #695
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Addilynn#940 → #1,304
  2. ↓ 296India#968 → #1,264
  3. ↓ 259Madisyn#805 → #1,064
  4. ↓ 231Chanel#937 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 219Averi#906 → #1,125

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,710,576 boys got a published name in 2023; 1 in 23,758 of them was named Ridley, which outranked 85.5% of the 14,215 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ridley
  1. #2,047Yehoshua73
  2. #2,047Zahmir73
  3. #2,047Zaxton73
  4. #2,064Ridley72
  5. #2,064Addison72
  6. #2,064Ayub72
  7. #2,064Eastyn72
  8. #2,078Ahaan71
  9. #2,078Alfie71
  10. #2,078Amon71

Tied with 13 names at #2,064; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 858Izael#1,665 → #807
  2. ↑ 662Chozen#1,479 → #817
  3. ↑ 589Eiden#1,479 → #890
  4. ↑ 409Cassian#938 → #529
  5. ↑ 385Kyren#1,322 → #937
Fallers
  1. ↓ 384Dior#842 → #1,226
  2. ↓ 275Maxton#963 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 205Davian#967 → #1,172
  4. ↓ 193Braden#935 → #1,128
  5. ↓ 191Heath#862 → #1,053

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2023 →