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
- Peak · boys
- 1899 · 21 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 5,595since 1880
Rupert over time
Rank among boys' names. Rupert has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #3,757 | 29 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,793 | 29 | |
| 2023 | — | #4,112 | 26 | |
| 2022 | — | #5,215 | 18 | |
| 2021 | — | #4,011 | 26 | |
| 2020 | — | #4,141 | 24 | |
| 2019 | — | #4,480 | 22 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,345 | 13 | |
| 2017 | — | #3,889 | 27 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,789 | 15 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,485 | 16 | |
| 2013 | — | #6,241 | 13 | |
| 2012 | — | #6,306 | 13 | |
| 2011 | — | #8,767 | 8 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | — | #8,985 | 8 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | — | #7,094 | 11 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #5,578 | 14 | |
| 2004 | — | #6,138 | 12 | |
| 2003 | — | #6,715 | 10 | |
| 2002 | — | #5,131 | 14 | |
| 2001 | — | #8,339 | 7 | |
| 2000 | — | #5,297 | 13 | |
| 1999 | — | #5,317 | 12 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,159 | 12 | |
| 1997 | — | #4,960 | 12 | |
| 1996 | — | #4,185 | 15 | |
| 1995 | — | #5,124 | 11 | |
| 1994 | — | #6,372 | 8 | |
| 1993 | — | #5,360 | 10 | |
| 1992 | — | #3,338 | 19 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,544 | 27 | |
| 1990 | — | #4,673 | 11 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,690 | 23 | |
| 1988 | — | #4,450 | 10 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,468 | 22 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,779 | 18 | |
| 1985 | — | #3,401 | 13 | |
| 1984 | — | #3,107 | 14 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,085 | 25 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,207 | 23 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,338 | 21 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,568 | 18 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,614 | 10 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,202 | 21 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,932 | 25 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,884 | 25 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,050 | 21 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,871 | 23 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,648 | 28 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,823 | 24 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,847 | 23 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,605 | 26 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,788 | 20 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,388 | 30 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,684 | 21 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,206 | 40 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,371 | 33 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,195 | 42 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,187 | 43 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,250 | 40 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,083 | 51 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,337 | 34 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,370 | 32 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,090 | 49 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,285 | 36 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,022 | 54 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,200 | 39 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,123 | 43 | |
| 1952 | — | #896 | 62 | |
| 1951 | — | #902 | 61 | |
| 1950 | — | #934 | 54 | |
| 1949 | — | #946 | 53 | |
| 1948 | — | #813 | 70 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,000 | 51 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,019 | 45 | |
| 1945 | — | #782 | 62 | |
| 1944 | — | #918 | 48 | |
| 1943 | — | #808 | 66 | |
| 1942 | — | #839 | 60 | |
| 1941 | — | #834 | 58 | |
| 1940 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1939 | — | #836 | 53 | |
| 1938 | — | #784 | 61 | |
| 1937 | — | #830 | 54 | |
| 1936 | — | #601 | 93 | |
| 1935 | — | #688 | 77 | |
| 1934 | — | #742 | 68 | |
| 1933 | — | #710 | 72 | |
| 1932 | — | #674 | 82 | |
| 1931 | — | #616 | 93 | |
| 1930 | #4,047 | 6 | #699 | 79 |
| 1929 | — | #663 | 86 | |
| 1928 | — | #617 | 98 | |
| 1927 | — | #610 | 104 | |
| 1926 | — | #631 | 99 | |
| 1925 | — | #559 | 122 | |
| 1924 | — | #613 | 108 | |
| 1923 | — | #511 | 141 | |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #546 | 132 |
| 1921 | — | #528 | 139 | |
| 1920 | #4,975 | 5 | #487 | 156 |
| 1919 | — | #562 | 113 | |
| 1918 | — | #510 | 138 | |
| 1917 | — | #540 | 117 | |
| 1916 | — | #552 | 107 | |
| 1915 | — | #515 | 117 | |
| 1914 | — | #512 | 91 | |
| 1913 | — | #531 | 66 | |
| 1912 | — | #470 | 69 | |
| 1911 | — | #548 | 30 | |
| 1910 | — | #480 | 33 | |
| 1909 | — | #574 | 21 | |
| 1908 | — | #632 | 17 | |
| 1907 | — | #511 | 21 | |
| 1906 | — | #489 | 21 | |
| 1905 | — | #507 | 20 | |
| 1904 | — | #482 | 20 | |
| 1903 | — | #656 | 12 | |
| 1902 | — | #794 | 9 | |
| 1901 | — | #559 | 13 | |
| 1900 | — | #430 | 27 | |
| 1899 | — | #402 | 21 | |
| 1898 | — | #418 | 22 | |
| 1897 | — | #473 | 17 | |
| 1896 | — | #438 | 20 | |
| 1895 | — | #529 | 15 | |
| 1894 | — | #439 | 19 | |
| 1893 | — | #479 | 15 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #841 | 6 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #581 | 11 | |
| 1888 | — | #609 | 11 | |
| 1887 | — | #516 | 12 | |
| 1886 | — | #578 | 11 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #488 | 15 | |
| 1883 | — | #644 | 9 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #809 | 6 | |
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.
See more about Rupert
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1899 at #402 (21 births)
- Births halved by 1902, 3 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1880–1945
- 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%)
- 21.2% of all boys named Rupert (1,185) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 107 | #488 (1884) | #594 |
| 1890s | 167 | #402 (1899) | #497 |
| 1900s | 181 | #430 (1900) | #563 |
| 1910s | 881 | #470 (1912) | #522 |
| 1920s | 1,185 | #487 (1920) | #577 |
| 1930s | 732 | #601 (1936) | #718 |
| 1940s | 569 | #782 (1945) | #880 |
| 1950s | 464 | #896 (1952) | #1,116 |
| 1960s | 346 | #1,083 (1960) | #1,376 |
| 1970s | 218 | #1,648 (1972) | #2,144 |
| 1980s | 183 | #2,085 (1983) | #2,862 |
| 1990s | 137 | #2,544 (1991) | #4,703 |
| 2000s | 109 | #5,131 (2002) | #6,877 |
| 2010s | 164 | #3,889 (2017) | #5,745 |
| 2020s | 152 | #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 1920
Top girls' names in 1920
Top boys' names in 1920
More about 1920
girls
1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 239,658 of them was named Rupert, which outranked 13.7% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 792 names at #4,975; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 6,823 of them was named Rupert, which outranked 90.2% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.