Rupert
Rupert is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 29 births. Its best rank was 413th, in 1899.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 290.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1920156 births
- Best rank
- #413in 1899
- Since 1880
- 5,567people given the name
The story in the numbers
5,567 boys have been named Rupert in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1920, with 156 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1933, and the 1920s alone account for 21%. It has spent 71 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Rupert | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 107 | |
| 1890s | 167 | |
| 1900s | 181 | |
| 1910s | 881 | |
| 1920s | 1,185 | |
| 1930s | 732 | |
| 1940s | 569 | |
| 1950s | 465 | |
| 1960s | 346 | |
| 1970s | 218 | |
| 1980s | 183 | |
| 1990s | 137 | |
| 2000s | 109 | |
| 2010s | 164 | |
| 2020s | 123 |
In 1920, its biggest year
Rupert was the 487th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1920 were John, William, Robert, James and Charles. See all of 1920.
Names that rose and fell with Rupert
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Waldopeak 1915
- Clementpeak 1918
- Burrellpeak 1919
- Hermanpeak 1921
- Ludwigpeak 1916
- Herschelpeak 1921
- Worthpeak 1918
- Earlpeak 1921
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.