girls:
2.1k births since 1988
#3728 (35th percentile)
boys:
743 births since 1918
#3844 (16th percentile)
overall:
2.9k births since 1918
#5049 (35th percentile)
The name Ripley is the #5,049 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,865 recorded births since 1918. This represents the 34.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 34.7% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,728 (34.8% percentile) for all time with 2,122 births since 1988. For boys, it ranks #3,844 (16.1% percentile) for all time with 743 births since 1918.
Ripley first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1918 (1918 for boys and 1988 for girls). Birth data for Ripley is available in 46 out of the 106 years between 1918 and 2023 (35 years for boys and 34 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 Ripley has been given predominantly to girls, with 74.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 63.4% of babies named Ripley were girls. Interestingly, until around 1988, the name was more popular for boys (100.0% boys from 1918 to 1987), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (75.8% girls from 1988 to 2023).
For girls, Ripley reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 21.0% percentile (ranked #757) with 115 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 116 births per million (ranked 20.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1997, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ripley is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #749 (20.9% percentile) with 116 births per million.
For boys, Ripley reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 12.3% percentile (ranked #799) with 64 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 64 births per million (ranked 12.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ripley is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #799 (12.3% percentile) with 64 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ripley".
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