Ripken — #3486 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ripken

The Social Security Administration has registered 403 babies named Ripken between 1997 and 2024, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ripken currently holds the #3486 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 47 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ripken performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 203 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ripken shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Oklahoma. In total, SSA state-level files list Ripken in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ripken 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 403 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.