Skipper
#5,330 most common boys' name of all time · #13,259 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1937–2025
Rank among boys
#5,330
Rank overall
#13,259 of 105,966
First appeared
1937
Years on the list
53 of 146
All-time
841
Since 2016
17
Peak year
1962 #1,384
Best rank
#1,384 1962
Girls
Boys
peak 33/yr
Skipper first appears in 1937. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | 6 | 11 | #10,860 |
| 2022 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1990 | — | 5 | 5 | #8,454 |
| 1989 | — | 8 | 8 | #5,814 |
| 1987 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,282 |
| 1985 | — | 6 | 6 | #5,993 |
| 1984 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,611 |
| 1983 | — | 7 | 7 | #5,089 |
| 1982 | — | 11 | 11 | #3,828 |
| 1981 | — | 17 | 17 | #2,726 |
| 1980 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,278 |
| 1979 | — | 9 | 9 | #4,213 |
| 1978 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,873 |
| 1977 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,314 |
| 1976 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,462 |
| 1975 | — | 16 | 16 | #2,598 |
| 1974 | — | 18 | 18 | #2,324 |
| 1973 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,909 |
| 1972 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,610 |
| 1971 | — | 19 | 19 | #2,178 |
| 1970 | — | 20 | 20 | #2,036 |
| 1969 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,797 |
| 1968 | — | 14 | 14 | #2,285 |
| 1967 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,537 |
| 1966 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,752 |
| 1965 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,663 |
| 1964 | — | 23 | 23 | #1,693 |
| 1963 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,738 |
| 1962 | — | 33 | 33 | #1,384 |
| 1961 | — | 24 | 24 | #1,679 |
| 1960 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,577 |
| 1959 | — | 26 | 26 | #1,583 |
| 1958 | — | 27 | 27 | #1,532 |
| 1957 | — | 18 | 18 | #1,944 |
| 1956 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,814 |
| 1955 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1954 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,946 |
| 1953 | — | 19 | 19 | #1,829 |
| 1952 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,746 |
| 1951 | — | 20 | 20 | #1,720 |
| 1950 | — | 22 | 22 | #1,614 |
| 1949 | — | 21 | 21 | #1,665 |
| 1948 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,880 |
| 1947 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1946 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,533 |
| 1945 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,239 |
| 1944 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,306 |
| 1943 | — | 16 | 16 | #1,909 |
| 1942 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,267 |
| 1940 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,444 |
| 1939 | — | 8 | 8 | #2,827 |
| 1938 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,527 |
| 1937 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,516 |