Ridgely — #11060 US boys' name
106 babies named Ridgely in U.S. Social Security records since 1946, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 22% of names given to boys today.
29% of everyone ever named Ridgely was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Ridgely in 2023 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ridgely
The Social Security Administration has registered 106 babies named Ridgely between 1946 and 2024, spanning 79 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ridgely currently holds the #11060 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2023, when 10 babies received it in a single year. Ridgely is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 28 additional births since 2006.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ridgely performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Ridgely shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ridgely in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 106 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ridgely at a glance
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Current rank
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Ridgely popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1946
- Peak year (2023)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 79 years of records
Currently ranks #11060 among boys.
106 total births across 79 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2023 with 10 births in a single year.
Ridgely popularity over time — girls
28 total births recorded since 2006 (Ridgely as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Ridgely accounts for 21% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ridgely by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 31 births that decade — 29% of Ridgely's all-time total
Ridgely decade highlights
- Peak decade 31 births
- Runner-up 28 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Ridgely's strongest decade
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1946–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.