Unisex name · since 1949
Ridgley
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.
- #28,357 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1949
- 1940s
- peak decade
Ridgley sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 22 recorded since 1949.
Ridgley has 22 recorded births among boys since 1949, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1949 to 2024.
- #28,357 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 1949
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ridgley ranks #28,357 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1949, peaking in the 1940s.
- #28,357 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1949
- 1940s
- peak decade
Ridgley's 22 recorded births place it above 37.4% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ridgley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ridgley's full recorded timeline at 2000, 45% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 55% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1949 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ridgley popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1949–2024
- Peak year (1949)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Ridgley popularity over time - girls
10 total births recorded since 2019 (Ridgley as girls' name)
Ridgley by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (7 births, 32% of the file).
1940s was Ridgley's strongest decade.
7 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 32% of all-time use.
Ridgley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
7 births
- 1950s
1950s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 7 births (32% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ridgley's data
- Ridgley's usage has stayed within range of its 1940s decade-level peak (7 total births) through the 2020s (5) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ridgley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1949)
Similar record span (~75 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1949–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ridgley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.