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
Showing
- 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
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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
| 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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| 1984 | — | #4,973 | 7 | |
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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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| 1918 | — | #3,728 | 6 | |
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First appearance
1988
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 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Oregon#320 · 1 in 1,187
- Oklahoma#398 · 1 in 1,478
- Washington#511 · 1 in 2,220
- Kansas#578 · 1 in 2,362
- Indiana#611 · 1 in 2,791
Best ever in a state: #275 in West Virginia, 2021.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oregon | #320 | 11 | 1 in 1,187 |
| Oklahoma | #398 | 10 | 1 in 1,478 |
| Washington | #511 | 13 | 1 in 2,220 |
| Kansas | #578 | 5 | 1 in 2,362 |
| Indiana | #611 | 10 | 1 in 2,791 |
| Kentucky | #653 | 6 | 1 in 2,875 |
| Louisiana | #677 | 6 | 1 in 2,728 |
| Colorado | #703 | 7 | 1 in 3,332 |
| Missouri | #728 | 7 | 1 in 3,471 |
| Arizona | #748 | 8 | 1 in 3,527 |
| Michigan | #787 | 9 | 1 in 3,970 |
| Ohio | #801 | 11 | 1 in 4,297 |
| California | #908 | 31 | 1 in 5,217 |
| Florida | #1,112 | 13 | 1 in 6,674 |
| North Carolina | #1,138 | 7 | 1 in 6,640 |
| Texas | #1,224 | 21 | 1 in 7,645 |
| Illinois | #1,240 | 6 | 1 in 7,388 |
| New York | #2,075 | 5 | 1 in 15,666 |
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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
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 265 spots since 2020 (#1,294 → #1,029)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1988
- Peaked 2025 at #1,029 (243 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,614
- Highest: 1 in 6,614 girls born in 2025 were named Ripley (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
- 46.3% of all girls named Ripley (1,182) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1992
- 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.
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