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.

Rip

#6,038 most common boys' name of all time · #15,017 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1938–2025

Rank among boys
#6,038
Rank overall
#15,017 of 105,966
First appeared
1938
Years on the list
32 of 146
All-time
688
Since 2016
496
Peak year
2021 #1,570
Best rank
#1,570 2021
Girls Boys peak 111/yr
19401960198020002020

Rip first appears in 1938. 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 59 59 #2,339
2024 71 71 #2,108
2023 76 76 #2,002
2022 101 101 #1,695
2021 111 111 #1,570
2020 54 54 #2,424
2019 16 16 #5,612
2017 8 8 #8,974
2005 5 5 #11,745
1996 8 8 #6,638
1981 6 6 #5,748
1973 9 9 #3,571
1972 5 5 #5,318
1971 5 5 #5,267
1970 7 7 #4,055
1969 7 7 #3,813
1965 6 6 #3,770
1963 10 10 #2,813
1962 11 11 #2,646
1961 8 8 #3,285
1960 10 10 #2,831
1959 13 13 #2,395
1958 15 15 #2,170
1957 13 13 #2,364
1956 5 5 #4,315
1955 9 9 #2,935
1954 5 5 #4,234
1953 5 5 #4,228
1951 9 9 #2,827
1950 8 8 #3,002
1949 8 8 #3,007
1938 5 5 #4,027