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Ripley
OriginEnglish
Meaning"strip of clearing in the woods"
GenderBoy
NB Rank#820
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About Ripley
The name Ripley peaked for boys at #1266 in 2025. The name is most popular in RIPLEY, RIPLEY, and RIPLEY. Ripley is occasionally used for girls in 2025.
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US popularity — history
US rank, lower is more popular · SSA data 2014–2025
Actual · SSA
20142025
18802025
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #4,504 | 22 | 11.5 |
| 2015 | #3,665 | 30 | 15.7 |
| 2016 | #4,071 | 26 | 13.7 |
| 2017 | #4,081 | 26 | 14 |
| 2018 | #4,578 | 22 | 12.1 |
| 2019 | #2,982 | 41 | 22.9 |
| 2020 | #2,132 | 66 | 38.2 |
| 2021 | #1,980 | 76 | 43.4 |
| 2022 | #1,621 | 108 | 61.9 |
| 2023 | #1,506 | 118 | 69 |
| 2024 | #1,398 | 134 | 77.8 |
| 2025 | #1,266 | 156 | 91.3 |
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Famous Ripleys
- LeRoy Robert Ripley
better known as Robert Ripley, American cartoonist, entrepreneur, and amateur anthropologist, known for creating the "Ripley's Believe It or Not!" newspaper panel series, radio show, and TV show that featured odd facts from around the world, and now a museum
Ripley in pop culture
- Tom Ripley
charming psychopath originally in the 1955 novel "The Talented Mr. Ripley," followed by "Ripley Under Ground" (1970), "Ripley's Game" (1974), "The Boy Who Followed Ripley" (1980), and "Ripley Under Water" (1991), by Patricia Highsmith
- "The Talented Mr. Ripley
" 1999 film
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