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.
Where Rupert is popular in 1941
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- North Carolina#434 · 1 in 6,450
Best ever in a state: #185 in North Carolina, 1920.
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| North Carolina | #434 | 6 | 1 in 6,450 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys 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 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 1941
Top boys' names in 1941
More about 1941
boys
1,228,318 boys got a published name in 1941; 1 in 21,178 of them was named Rupert, which outranked 79.2% of the 4,002 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).