Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ridley**

#2,497 most common boys' name of all time · #6,020 across all names · 53% male / 47% female · used 1915–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#2,497
Rank overall
#6,020 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
2,892
Since 2016
1,773
Peak year
2018 #1,736
Best rank
#1,736 2018
Girls Boys peak 213/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ridley first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 95 71 166 #2,080
2024 103 64 167 #2,238
2023 107 72 179 #2,067
2022 104 77 181 #1,983
2021 98 92 190 #1,757
2020 101 79 180 #1,880
2019 111 76 187 #1,941
2018 124 89 213 #1,736
2017 75 72 147 #1,988
2016 84 79 163 #1,879
2015 71 62 133 #2,195
2014 72 68 140 #2,068
2013 33 65 98 #2,070
2012 28 51 79 #2,455
2011 26 39 65 #2,960
2010 17 51 68 #2,436
2009 20 41 61 #2,905
2008 20 37 57 #3,117
2007 12 23 35 #4,269
2006 19 25 44 #3,906
2005 12 20 32 #4,342
2004 13 28 41 #3,384
2003 10 21 31 #4,000
2002 9 15 24 #4,962
2001 — 13 13 #5,432
2000 — 5 5 #10,498
1999 — 6 6 #8,833
1996 — 5 5 #9,154
1995 — 5 5 #9,031
1994 — 5 5 #8,954
1993 — 6 6 #7,779
1992 — 6 6 #7,582
1986 — 5 5 #6,934
1958 — 8 8 #3,164
1956 — 6 6 #3,719
1955 — 5 5 #4,123
1954 — 6 6 #3,643
1951 — 6 6 #3,555
1947 — 5 5 #4,015
1946 — 8 8 #2,843
1945 — 5 5 #3,599
1942 — 7 7 #3,137
1941 — 7 7 #3,045
1938 — 7 7 #3,093
1936 — 6 6 #3,416
1935 — 8 8 #2,902
1933 — 6 6 #3,534
1932 — 9 9 #2,809
1931 — 6 6 #3,621
1930 — 5 5 #4,274
1928 — 5 5 #4,453
1927 — 5 5 #4,487
1926 — 5 5 #4,495
1923 — 8 8 #3,376
1921 — 6 6 #4,103
1919 — 8 8 #3,331
1915 — 8 8 #3,072