Boys' name · since 1933
Skippy
Since 1933, U.S. Social Security records show 219 babies named Skippy, peaking in 1950. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #12,412 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 219
- born since 1933
- 1950s
- peak decade
Skippy is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 219 have been recorded since 1933.
Skippy has 219 recorded births among boys since 1933, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1933 to 1980.
- #12,412 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 219 born since 1933
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Skippy ranks #12,412 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 219 born since 1933, peaking in the 1950s.
- #12,412 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 219
- born since 1933
- 1950s
- peak decade
Skippy's 219 recorded births place it above 72.69% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Skippy's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Skippy splits its recorded history at 1953: 39% of all births land in the more recent half, 61% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1937 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1950 peak of 25 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Skippy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1933–1980
- Peak year (1950)
- 25
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Skippy by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (98 births, 45% of the file).
1950s was Skippy's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Skippy births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 15
1930s
15 births
- 1940s
1940s
71 births
- 1950s
1950s
98 births
- 1960s 23
1960s
23 births
- 1970s 7
1970s
7 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 98 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Skippy's decade-level peak was the 1950s (98 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Skippy: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1950)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1933–1980 (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 Skippy 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.