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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201906peak #402, 1899boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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.

Where Rupert is popular in 1906

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Rupert
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 1906

boys
#489
21 births · 1 in 6,341 boys

Top boys' names in 1906

  1. #1John8,264
  2. #2William6,566
  3. #3James5,908
  4. #4George4,201
  5. #5Robert3,635
  6. #6Charles3,607
  7. #7Joseph3,527
  8. #8Frank2,798
  9. #9Edward2,398
  10. #10Thomas2,176
  11. #489Rupert21
More about 1906

boys

133,154 boys got a published name in 1906; 1 in 6,341 of them was named Rupert, which outranked 65.4% of the 1,413 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Rupert
  1. #472Otha22
  2. #472Theron22
  3. #472Weldon22
  4. #489Rupert21
  5. #489Billie21
  6. #489Connie21
  7. #489Coy21
  8. #503Alberto20
  9. #503Alice20
  10. #503Bennett20

Tied with 13 names at #489; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1905
Risers
  1. ↑ 665Sheldon#1,233 → #568
  2. ↑ 568Rudy#1,091 → #523
  3. ↑ 530Mac#1,002 → #472
  4. ↑ 524Llewellyn#1,233 → #709
  5. ↑ 524Casey#1,233 → #709
Fallers
  1. ↓ 661Price#592 → #1,253
  2. ↓ 617Foy#636 → #1,253
  3. ↓ 587Benton#666 → #1,253
  4. ↓ 554Cruz#699 → #1,253
  5. ↓ 554Larkin#699 → #1,253

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

See the top 100 for 1906 →