Boys' name · since 1997
Ripken
Ripken has 435 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2022 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,578 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,559 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 435
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ripken currently ranks #3559 among boys' names in America, with 435 babies recorded since 1997.
Ripken has 435 recorded births among boys since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #3559 as of the latest data, more common than 74% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #8,578 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #3,559 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 435 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ripken ranks #8,578 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #3,559 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 435 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,578 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #3,559 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 435
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ripken's 435 recorded births place it above 81.13% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Ripken compares
435 Top 47% higher than 53% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ripken's all-time total is 18% above the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ripken | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 435 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 47 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ripken's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ripken's full recorded timeline at 2015, 78% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 22% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2022 peak of 47 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ripken popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Ripken by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (235 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Ripken's strongest decade.
235 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Ripken births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s 21
2000s
21 births
- 2010s
2010s
168 births
- 2020s
2020s
235 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 235 births (54% of all-time use).
Ripken by state
Where Ripken concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
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- Texas records the most Ripkens (12 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ripken: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2022)
Similar record span (~28 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, 1997–2025 (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 Ripken 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.