Skippy
- Last seen for boys in 1980 at #6,250
- Peak · boys
- 1950 · 25 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 219since 1933
Skippy over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Skippy has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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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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| 1980 | #6,250 | 5 |
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| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
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| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #3,041 | 8 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | #2,822 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,216 | 7 |
| 1955 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #1,464 | 25 |
| 1949 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #2,076 | 14 |
| 1946 | #2,403 | 10 |
| 1945 | #2,242 | 10 |
| 1944 | #2,467 | 9 |
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| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
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| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
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| 1933 | #2,368 | 10 |
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First appearance
1933
The first year at least five boys were named Skippy! It came in at #2,368, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1934–1943, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Skippy is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Skippy in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 1980
Rise & fade · boys
17 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1933
- Peaked 1950 at #1,464 (25 births)
- Births halved by 1951, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 71,610
- Highest: 1 in 71,610 boys born in 1950 were named Skippy (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 356,790 boys born in 1980 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
- 44.7% of all boys named Skippy (98) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1930s | 15 | #2,368 (1933) | #2,943 |
| 1940s | 71 | #1,941 (1949) | #2,489 |
| 1950s | 98 | #1,464 (1950) | #2,897 |
| 1960s | 23 | #3,041 (1962) | #3,798 |
| 1970s | 7 | #4,418 (1976) | #4,418 |
| 1980s | 5 | #6,250 (1980) | #6,250 |
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.
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