Boys' name · since 2021
Ripton
Ripton has 50 recorded births since 2021 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,212 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,201 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
50 babies have been named Ripton since 2021, making it today's #8201 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Ripton recorded 50 times among boys since 2021, holding rank #8201 nationally today, ahead of 41% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2021 to 2025.
- #22,212 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,201 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 50 born since 2021
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ripton ranks #22,212 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,201 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 50 born since 2021, peaking in the 2020s.
- #22,212 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,201 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 50
- born since 2021
- 2020s
- peak decade
Ripton's 50 recorded births place it above 51.05% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ripton compares
50 17th percentile among 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
Ripton's all-time total is 86% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ripton | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 50 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 34 | 22,252 |
Ripton's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ripton's full recorded timeline at 2023, 48% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 52% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2023, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2021 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ripton popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 5 years of records
Ripton by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (50 births, 100% of the file).
2020s was Ripton's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Ripton births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2020s
2020s
50 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 50 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ripton: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~4 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, 2021–2025 (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 Ripton 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.