Rip
Boy name · Dutch origin
Rip meaning
Diminutive of Ripley, which means “woodland clearing”
Rip at a glance
- Used as
- Boy name
- Origin
- Dutch
- Latest U.S. rank (boy)
- #2,112 in 2024
Rip popularity in the U.S.
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1960 | #2,686 | 10 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 2020 | #2,419 | 54 |
| 2021 | #1,565 | 111 |
| 2024 | #2,112 | 70 |
All 31 ranked years
| Year | Rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1949 | #2,802 | 8 |
| 1950 | #2,770 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1953 | #3,799 | 5 |
| 1954 | #3,828 | 5 |
| 1955 | #2,763 | 9 |
| 1956 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1957 | #2,275 | 13 |
| 1958 | #2,094 | 15 |
| 1959 | #2,295 | 13 |
| 1960 | #2,686 | 10 |
| 1961 | #3,098 | 8 |
| 1962 | #2,503 | 11 |
| 1963 | #2,675 | 10 |
| 1965 | #3,538 | 6 |
| 1969 | #3,595 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1971 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1972 | #4,986 | 5 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1981 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1996 | #6,496 | 8 |
| 2005 | #11,471 | 5 |
| 2017 | #8,836 | 8 |
| 2019 | #5,806 | 15 |
| 2020 | #2,419 | 54 |
| 2021 | #1,565 | 111 |
| 2022 | #1,699 | 100 |
| 2023 | #1,998 | 76 |
| 2024 | #2,112 | 70 |
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Popular Baby Names (national data, 1880-2024). Counts are Social Security card applications for births in the United States; names with fewer than 5 births in a year are not listed, and spelling variants are counted separately. Baby Name Wizard is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA.
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Meaning source: Wiktionary contributors, “Rip” (revision 90525445), CC BY-SA 4.0; Wiktionary contributors, “Ripley” (revision 92675831), CC BY-SA 4.0.
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