Rupert

Last seen for girls in 1930 at #4,047 · #3,757 for boys in 2025, 29 births
Given to boys 99.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1899 · 21 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
5,595
since 1880

Rupert over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Rupert has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201916peak #402, 1899boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,75729
2024#3,79329
2023#4,11226
2022#5,21518
2021#4,01126
2020#4,14124
2019#4,48022
2018#6,34513
2017#3,88927
2016#5,78915
2015#4,40722
2014#5,48516
2013#6,24113
2012#6,30613
2011#8,7678
2010#5,74115
2009#8,9858
2008#6,76312
2007#7,09411
2006#8,7328
2005#5,57814
2004#6,13812
2003#6,71510
2002#5,13114
2001#8,3397
2000#5,29713
1999#5,31712
1998#5,15912
1997#4,96012
1996#4,18515
1995#5,12411
1994#6,3728
1993#5,36010
1992#3,33819
1991#2,54427
1990#4,67311
1989#2,69023
1988#4,45010
1987#2,46822
1986#2,77918
1985#3,40113
1984#3,10714
1983#2,08525
1982#2,20723
1981#2,33821
1980#3,09814
1979#2,56818
1978#3,61410
1977#2,20221
1976#1,93225
1975#1,88425
1974#2,05021
1973#1,87123
1972#1,64828
1971#1,82324
1970#1,84723
1969#1,60526
1968#1,78820
1967#1,38830
1966#1,68421
1965#1,20640
1964#1,37133
1963#1,19542
1962#1,18743
1961#1,25040
1960#1,08351
1959#1,33734
1958#1,37032
1957#1,09049
1956#1,28536
1955#1,02254
1954#1,20039
1953#1,12343
1952#89662
1951#90261
1950#93454
1949#94653
1948#81370
1947#1,00051
1946#1,01945
1945#78262
1944#91848
1943#80866
1942#83960
1941#83458
1940#84156
1939#83653
1938#78461
1937#83054
1936#60193
1935#68877
1934#74268
1933#71072
1932#67482
1931#61693
1930#4,0476#69979
1929#66386
1928#61798
1927#610104
1926#63199
1925#559122
1924#613108
1923#511141
1922#5,0095#546132
1921#528139
1920#4,9755#487156
1919#562113
1918#510138
1917#540117
1916#552107
1915#515117
1914#51291
1913#53166
1912#47069
1911#54830
1910#48033
1909#57421
1908#63217
1907#51121
1906#48921
1905#50720
1904#48220
1903#65612
1902#7949
1901#55913
1900#43027
1899#40221
1898#41822
1897#47317
1896#43820
1895#52915
1894#43919
1893#47915
1892#49716
1891#8416
1890#45816
1889#58111
1888#60911
1887#51612
1886#57811
1885#57711
1884#48815
1883#6449
1882#57611
1881#56310
1880#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Rupert was already there! It came in at #809, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 36 spots since 2024 (#3,793#3,757)
  • 384 spots since 2020 (#4,141#3,757)
  • 650 spots since 2015 (#4,407#3,757)
  • Biggest jump: 344 spots in 1892 (#841#497)
  • Biggest drop: 383 spots in 1891 (#458#841)
Rise & fade · boys
19 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1899 at #402 (21 births)
  • Births halved by 1902, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 72 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1880–1945
Share of babies · boys
1 in 5,058
  • Highest: 1 in 5,058 boys born in 1899 were named Rupert (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 58,899 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 21.2% of all boys named Rupert (1,185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s107#488 (1884)#594
1890s167#402 (1899)#497
1900s181#430 (1900)#563
1910s881#470 (1912)#522
1920s1,185#487 (1920)#577
1930s732#601 (1936)#718
1940s569#782 (1945)#880
1950s464#896 (1952)#1,116
1960s346#1,083 (1960)#1,376
1970s218#1,648 (1972)#2,144
1980s183#2,085 (1983)#2,862
1990s137#2,544 (1991)#4,703
2000s109#5,131 (2002)#6,877
2010s164#3,889 (2017)#5,745
2020s152#3,757 (2025)#4,172

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.

Rupert in 1916

boys
#552
107 births · 1 in 8,319 boys

Top boys' names in 1916

  1. #1John50,043
  2. #2William40,418
  3. #3James35,569
  4. #4Robert31,741
  5. #5Joseph23,883
  6. #6Charles23,612
  7. #7George23,381
  8. #8Edward17,005
  9. #9Frank15,291
  10. #10Thomas11,998
  11. #552Rupert107
More about 1916

boys

890,080 boys got a published name in 1916; 1 in 8,319 of them was named Rupert, which outranked 87.8% of the 4,535 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rupert
  1. #547Jeremiah109
  2. #547Nickolas109
  3. #551Phil108
  4. #552Rupert107
  5. #552Frances107
  6. #552Oswald107
  7. #555Avery106
  8. #555Edd106
  9. #555Hobert106

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1915
Risers
  1. 2,568Tatsuo#3,392#824
  2. 1,088Hughes#1,878#790
  3. 410Angel#1,181#771
  4. 378Trinidad#1,181#803
  5. 354Rolla#1,306#952
Fallers
  1. 500Nicolas#804#1,304
  2. 468Collins#906#1,374
  3. 463Hilliard#952#1,415
  4. 383Arvo#952#1,335
  5. 363Rayford#941#1,304

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

See the top 100 for 1916