Rip Boy
How popular is Rip?
#2,332 boy name in 2025
59 baby boys were named Rip in the US in 2025, making it the 2332nd most popular boy name.
Rip popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,332 for boys (▼ 234 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 59 boys |
| 10-year trend | New in the last 10 years |
| Earlier ranks | #2,418 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2021 (111 boys) |
| Highest rank | #1,565 in 2021 |
| First recorded | 1938 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Rip counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ripp family of names ranked #1,364 for boys in 2025 (#1,229 the year before), with 110 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ripp | 51 | 46% |
| Rip | 59 | 54% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Rip is most popular
Babies named Rip per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Rip by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1940s | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1950s | 82 | #2,092 |
| 1960s | 52 | #2,503 |
| 1970s | 26 | #3,443 |
| 1980s | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1990s | 8 | #6,489 |
| 2000s | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2010s | 24 | #5,551 |
| 2020s | 472 | #1,565 |
Boy names about as popular as Rip
Questions
- Is Rip a boy or girl name?
- Rip is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Rip were boys.
- How popular is the name Rip?
- 59 baby boys were named Rip in the US in 2025, making it the 2332nd most popular boy name.
- When was Rip most popular?
- Rip peaked in 2021, when 111 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,565 in 2021.
- How many people are named Rip?
- 688 babies have been named Rip in the US since 1880. We estimate about 642 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 5.
- Where is Rip most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Rip was most common in Arkansas, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.