girls:
1.2k births since 2002
#4550 (20th percentile)
boys:
1.4k births since 1915
#3237 (29th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1915
#5288 (32nd percentile)
The name Ridley is the #5,288 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,559 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 31.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 31.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,237 (29.4% percentile) for all time with 1,393 births since 1915. For girls, it ranks #4,550 (20.4% percentile) for all time with 1,166 births since 2002.
Ridley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 2002 for girls). Birth data for Ridley is available in 55 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (55 years for boys and 22 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ridley is truly gender-neutral, with nearly equal distribution between boys and girls. In 2023, 59.8% of babies named Ridley were girls. Interestingly, until around 2018, the name was more popular for boys (63.5% boys from 1915 to 2017), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (57.1% girls from 2018 to 2023).
For boys, Ridley reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 9.4% percentile (ranked #843) with 49 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 49 births per million (ranked 9.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2000, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ridley ranks #844 for boys (7.4% percentile) with 39 births per million, which is 80.1% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ridley reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 12.4% percentile (ranked #842) with 67 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 67 births per million (ranked 12.4% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ridley ranks #845 for girls (10.8% percentile) with 61 births per million, which is 91.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ridley".
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Our model is 100.0% confident that Ridley is pronounced as RIHD-lee, which has 2 syllables.
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