Skippy — boys' name
219 babies named Skippy in U.S. Social Security records since 1933, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
45% of everyone ever named Skippy was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Skippy in 1950 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Skippy
The Social Security Administration has registered 219 babies named Skippy between 1933 and 1980, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Skippy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1980. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Skippy performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 98 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Skippy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Skippy 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 219 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.
Skippy at a glance
Last recorded 1980Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Skippy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1980–1933
- Peak year (1950)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1980.
219 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1950 with 25 births in a single year.
Skippy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 98 births that decade — 45% of Skippy's all-time total
Skippy decade highlights
- Peak decade 98 births
- Runner-up 71 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Skippy's strongest decade
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 45% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1933–1980 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.