Rip
Boy · RIP · English
Rip is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,332nd for boys in the US (59 babies).
What does Rip mean?
English: English nickname, sometimes short for Ripley
Rip Van Winkle, from Washington Irving's 1819 tale, sleeps for twenty years in the Catskill Mountains.
- Say it
- RIP
Is Rip a girl's or a boy's name?
Rip is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 59 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rip in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,332among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 59about 1 in 29,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 194% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 59 boys in the US were named Rip, making it the 2,332nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,418th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 111 boys. It first appears in the records in 1938.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Rip than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Rip in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 110 boys in the US were given Rip or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,401, up from #2,332 for this spelling alone.
- Rip 59
- Ripp 51
Rip in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 59 | #2,332 |
| 2024 | 71 | #2,098 |
| 2023 | 76 | #1,998 |
| 2022 | 101 | #1,695 |
| 2021 | 111 | #1,565 |
| 2020 | 54 | #2,418 |
| 2019 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 7 | #3,834 |
| 1969 | 7 | #3,594 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 10 | #2,672 |
| 1962 | 11 | #2,502 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 10 | #2,683 |
| 1959 | 13 | #2,294 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1957 | 13 | #2,273 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 9 | #2,763 |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
| 1953 | 5 | #3,796 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1949 | 8 | #2,801 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
Names like Rip
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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