Ripley
Ripley is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 186 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1860.01% of girls
- Peak year
- 2022207 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1988
- 3,187people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,309 girls have been named Ripley in the United States since 1988, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 207 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 43%.
Ripley is used for both sexes: 28% of its bearers are boys (878), most of them born around 2024.
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Ripley was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2022 were Olivia, Emma, Charlotte, Amelia and Sophia. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Ripley
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Novaleepeak 2024
- Amilapeak 2023
- Skaipeak 2021
- Eliorapeak 2024
- Saoirsepeak 2020
- Willowpeak 2021
- Emilianapeak 2024
- Rowynpeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.