Ripley

Where Ripley comes from

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, *Hrype + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Ripley
  • From a surname
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Ripley through the years
  1. 1988
    First appearance
    #6,666 among girls with 11 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1992
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 2025
    Peak, #1,029
    243 babies named Ripley, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A unisex given name transferred from the surname.
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
  • A female given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.