Ridgley — #12528 US boys' name
22 babies named Ridgley in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1949. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 12% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Ridgley was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Ridgley in 1949 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ridgley
The Social Security Administration has registered 22 babies named Ridgley between 1949 and 2024, spanning 76 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ridgley currently holds the #12528 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1949, when 7 babies received it in a single year. Ridgley is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 10 additional births since 2019.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ridgley performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 7 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ridgley shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ridgley 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 22 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.
Ridgley at a glance
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Current rank
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Ridgley popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1949
- Peak year (1949)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 76 years of records
Currently ranks #12528 among boys.
22 total births across 76 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1949 with 7 births in a single year.
Ridgley popularity over time — girls
10 total births recorded since 2019 (Ridgley as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Ridgley accounts for 31% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ridgley by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 7 births that decade — 32% of Ridgley's all-time total
Ridgley decade highlights
- Peak decade 7 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Ridgley's strongest decade
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% 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, 1949–2024 (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.