Ripley

Unisex

Ripley has been given to 3,590 babies in the U.S. since 1918. It peaked in 2025.

Meaning & origin /ˈɹɪpli/

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, *Hrype + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

3,590

Peak year

2025 (399 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1918

10-year trend

▲ +214%

Gender split

71% girls / 29% boys

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Ripley.

3,599 babies since 2008

3,579 babies since 1976

3,579 babies since 1979

3,605 babies since 1880

3,609 babies since 1986

3,610 babies since 1969

3,552 babies since 1951

3,551 babies since 1937

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