Ripken
Boy · RIP-kin · Germanic
Ripken is a boys' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).
What does Ripken mean?
Germanic: surname of German origin
Usually given in honour of baseball's Cal Ripken Jr., who played a record 2,632 consecutive games.
- Say it
- RIP-kin
Is Ripken a girl's or a boy's name?
Ripken is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ripken in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,512among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 32about 1 in 53,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Ripken, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 47 boys. It first appears in the records in 1997.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Ripken than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Ripken in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ripken in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #3,512 |
| 2024 | 33 | #3,453 |
| 2023 | 46 | #2,768 |
| 2022 | 47 | #2,751 |
| 2021 | 45 | #2,774 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 28 | #3,791 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 18 | #5,107 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 15 | #5,742 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 9 | #8,072 |
| 2010 | 10 | #7,585 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
Names like Ripken
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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