Skipper — boys' name

What the Data Says About Skipper

The Social Security Administration has registered 824 babies named Skipper between 1937 and 1990, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Skipper currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1990. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 33 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Skipper performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 234 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Skipper shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and South Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Skipper in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Skipper 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 824 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.