Boys' name · since 1979
Rupesh
Rupesh has 22 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1981 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #28,363 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rupesh is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 22 have been recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Rupesh recorded 22 times among boys since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1987.
- #28,363 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 22 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rupesh ranks #28,363 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 22 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #28,363 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 22
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rupesh'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.
Rupesh's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rupesh splits its recorded history at 1986: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1981 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rupesh popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1987
- Peak year (1981)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Rupesh by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (17 births, 77% of the file).
1980s was Rupesh's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 77% of all-time use.
Rupesh births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 17 births (77% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rupesh: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1981)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1979–1987 (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 Rupesh 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.