Ripley
#1,029 for girls in 2025, 243 births · #1,263 for boys in 2025, 156 births
Given to girls 71.2% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 243 births
- Debut · girls
- 11 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,555since 1988
Ripley over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,029 | 243 | #1,263 | 156 |
| 2024 | #1,242 | 187 | #1,387 | 135 |
| 2023 | #1,179 | 203 | #1,501 | 118 |
| 2022 | #1,166 | 207 | #1,611 | 108 |
| 2021 | #1,317 | 171 | #1,964 | 76 |
| 2020 | #1,294 | 171 | #2,113 | 66 |
| 2019 | #1,326 | 172 | #2,943 | 41 |
| 2018 | #1,219 | 192 | #4,476 | 22 |
| 2017 | #1,534 | 143 | #3,993 | 26 |
| 2016 | #1,667 | 128 | #3,990 | 26 |
| 2015 | #2,025 | 97 | #3,591 | 30 |
| 2014 | #2,391 | 76 | #4,392 | 22 |
| 2013 | #2,681 | 65 | #5,404 | 16 |
| 2012 | #3,006 | 56 | #7,050 | 11 |
| 2011 | #4,568 | 31 | #8,079 | 9 |
| 2010 | #3,889 | 39 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #3,619 | 44 | #6,436 | 13 |
| 2008 | #4,647 | 32 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #4,675 | 31 | #7,590 | 10 |
| 2006 | #4,953 | 28 | #7,427 | 10 |
| 2005 | #4,828 | 27 | #5,278 | 15 |
| 2004 | #3,819 | 37 | #5,492 | 14 |
| 2003 | #5,419 | 22 | #7,831 | 8 |
| 2002 | #5,673 | 20 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,956 | 15 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | #6,208 | 17 | — | |
| 1999 | #6,191 | 16 | — | |
| 1998 | #5,123 | 20 | — | |
| 1997 | #7,742 | 11 | — | |
| 1996 | #13,518 | 5 | — | |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 | — | |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 | #8,435 | 5 |
| 1991 | — | #7,271 | 6 | |
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| 1989 | #10,847 | 6 | — | |
| 1988 | #6,666 | 11 | — | |
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| 1958 | — | #3,033 | 8 | |
| 1957 | — | #3,024 | 8 | |
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| 1955 | — | #3,505 | 6 | |
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| 1952 | — | #3,734 | 5 | |
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| 1950 | — | #3,329 | 6 | |
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| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
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| 1926 | — | #4,201 | 5 | |
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| 1924 | — | #3,867 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Ripley! It came in at #6,666, and was given to 11 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1990–1991, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Ripley is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
- West Virginia#275 · 1 in 912
- Oklahoma#545 · 1 in 2,125
- Utah#631 · 1 in 2,821
- Colorado#633 · 1 in 2,766
- Kentucky#639 · 1 in 2,837
Best ever in a state: #275 in West Virginia, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | #275 | 6 | 1 in 912 |
| Oklahoma | #545 | 7 | 1 in 2,125 |
| Utah | #631 | 6 | 1 in 2,821 |
| Colorado | #633 | 8 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Kentucky | #639 | 6 | 1 in 2,837 |
| Virginia | #862 | 8 | 1 in 4,322 |
| Washington | #958 | 6 | 1 in 4,920 |
| Ohio | #971 | 9 | 1 in 5,401 |
| Illinois | #1,187 | 7 | 1 in 6,914 |
| Michigan | #1,241 | 5 | 1 in 7,667 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,413 | 5 | 1 in 9,757 |
| Texas | #1,619 | 14 | 1 in 11,106 |
| California | #1,634 | 14 | 1 in 12,466 |
| Florida | #2,080 | 5 | 1 in 16,720 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ripley
- 213 spots since 2024 (#1,242 → #1,029)
- 265 spots since 2020 (#1,294 → #1,029)
- 996 spots since 2015 (#2,025 → #1,029)
- Debuted 1988
- Peaked 2025 at #1,029 (243 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 6,614 girls born in 2025 were named Ripley (0.02%)
- 46.3% of all girls named Ripley (1,182) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1991, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 17 | #6,666 (1988) | #8,757 |
| 1990s | 84 | #5,123 (1998) | #9,221 |
| 2000s | 273 | #3,619 (2009) | #5,080 |
| 2010s | 999 | #1,219 (2018) | #2,431 |
| 2020s | 1,182 | #1,029 (2025) | #1,205 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ripley in 2021
Top girls' names in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
girls
1,640,861 girls got a published name in 2021; 1 in 9,596 of them was named Ripley, which outranked 92.5% of the 17,676 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,312Janae172
- #1,312Jovi172
- #1,312Rosalind172
- #1,317Ripley171
- #1,317Annette171
- #1,317Kristina171
- #1,317Mireya171
- #1,323Adira170
- #1,323Eleni170
- #1,323Lilyanna170
Tied with 5 names at #1,317; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 23,020 of them was named Ripley, which outranked 86.1% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,943Xavian77
- #1,943Yohan77
- #1,943Zacari77
- #1,964Ripley76
- #1,964Antony76
- #1,964Bruin76
- #1,964Cross76
- #1,982Aram75
- #1,982Broderick75
- #1,982Bryer75
Tied with 17 names at #1,964; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.