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.

Ripley**

#3,042 most common girls' name of all time · #5,229 across all names · 29% male / 71% female · used 1918–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#3,042
Rank overall
#5,229 of 105,966
First appeared
1918
Years on the list
48 of 146
All-time
3,590
Since 2016
2,591
Peak year
2025 #1,030
Best rank
#1,030 2025
Girls Boys peak 399/yr
192019401960198020002020

Ripley first appears in 1918. 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 243 156 399 #1,030
2024 187 135 322 #1,247
2023 203 118 321 #1,182
2022 207 108 315 #1,169
2021 171 76 247 #1,319
2020 171 66 237 #1,296
2019 172 41 213 #1,327
2018 192 22 214 #1,222
2017 143 26 169 #1,537
2016 128 26 154 #1,672
2015 97 30 127 #2,027
2014 76 22 98 #2,396
2013 65 16 81 #2,685
2012 56 11 67 #3,016
2011 31 9 40 #4,581
2010 39 8 47 #3,902
2009 44 13 57 #3,629
2008 32 11 43 #4,660
2007 31 10 41 #4,706
2006 28 10 38 #4,971
2005 27 15 42 #4,849
2004 37 14 51 #3,838
2003 22 8 30 #5,443
2002 20 20 #5,709
2001 15 6 21 #7,013
2000 17 17 #6,257
1999 16 16 #6,235
1998 20 20 #5,167
1997 11 11 #7,819
1996 5 5 #13,761
1995 5 5 #13,639
1994 7 7 #10,743
1993 7 7 #10,725
1992 13 5 18 #6,723
1991 6 6
1989 6 6 #11,044
1988 11 11 #6,749
1984 7 7
1958 8 8
1957 8 8
1955 6 6
1952 5 5
1950 6 6
1943 5 5
1926 5 5
1924 6 6
1920 5 5
1918 6 6