# Ripley (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ripley/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “woodland clearing” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɪpli/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | Rip |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,590 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,035 / 2,555 (71% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 354, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the Old English folk name for the Anglian tribe, *Hrype + Old English lēah (“woodland clearing”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 31 | 4,657 |
| 2012 | 56 | 3,037 |
| 2013 | 65 | 2,702 |
| 2014 | 76 | 2,408 |
| 2015 | 97 | 2,038 |
| 2016 | 128 | 1,681 |
| 2017 | 143 | 1,540 |
| 2018 | 192 | 1,222 |
| 2019 | 172 | 1,331 |
| 2020 | 171 | 1,297 |
| 2021 | 171 | 1,320 |
| 2022 | 207 | 1,171 |
| 2023 | 203 | 1,184 |
| 2024 | 187 | 1,249 |
| 2025 | 243 | 1,032 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 8,627 |
| 2012 | 11 | 7,441 |
| 2013 | 16 | 5,595 |
| 2014 | 22 | 4,505 |
| 2015 | 30 | 3,667 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4,071 |
| 2017 | 26 | 4,082 |
| 2018 | 22 | 4,579 |
| 2019 | 41 | 2,983 |
| 2020 | 66 | 2,133 |
| 2021 | 76 | 1,980 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,621 |
| 2023 | 118 | 1,506 |
| 2024 | 135 | 1,394 |
| 2025 | 156 | 1,266 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 3 | 5,742 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,659 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 12 | 2,233 |
| 2017 | 13 | 2,090 |
| 2018 | 21 | 1,490 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,634 |
| 2020 | 18 | 1,618 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,621 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,705 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 15 | 1,892 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | 2,435 |
| 2008 | 8 | 2,276 |
| 2009 | 4 | 3,744 |
| 2011 | 4 | 3,830 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2015 | 4 | 3,908 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2018 | 4 | 3,959 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2021 | 7 | 2,730 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 11 | 2,133 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.