Rupert
Boy · ROO-pert · Germanic
Rupert is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “bright fame”. In 2025 it ranked 86th for boys in the UK (680 babies) and 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Rupert mean?
Germanic: German form of Robert
“bright fame”
The German form of Robert, made known in England by Prince Rupert of the Rhine, the Royalist cavalry leader in the Civil War.
- Say it
- ROO-pert
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Is Rupert a girl's or a boy's name?
Rupert is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 680 boys in the UK and 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rupert in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #86among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 680about 1 in 440 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 3.1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 680 boys in the UK were named Rupert, making it the 86th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 115th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 684 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rupert in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 79th in England and Wales, 495th in Scotland and 344th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for boys, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 2024 (#84).
Rupert in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 680 | #86 |
| 2024 | 649 | #91 |
| 2023 | 649 | #88 |
| 2022 | 684 | #88 |
| 2021 | 646 | #104 |
| 2020 | 574 | #115 |
| 2019 | 627 | #112 |
| 2018 | 603 | #117 |
| 2017 | 458 | #147 |
| 2016 | 446 | #150 |
| 2015 | 401 | #168 |
| 2014 | 346 | #190 |
| 2013 | 254 | #231 |
| 2012 | 177 | #294 |
| 2011 | 158 | #318 |
| 2010 | 116 | #389 |
| 2009 | 106 | #409 |
| 2008 | 69 | #547 |
| 2007 | 83 | #459 |
| 2006 | 73 | #484 |
| 2005 | 44 | #658 |
| 2004 | 52 | #549 |
| 2003 | 52 | #516 |
| 2002 | 34 | #642 |
| 2001 | 35 | #603 |
| 2000 | 34 | #606 |
| 1999 | 36 | #585 |
| 1998 | 49 | #473 |
| 1997 | 64 | #402 |
| 1996 | 72 | #355 |
How popular is Rupert in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Rupert, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,137th. Its busiest year was 1920, with 156 boys.
Half of all the boys named Rupert in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1957, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rupert in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 29 | #3,791 |
| 2023 | 26 | #4,109 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,007 |
| 2020 | 24 | #4,137 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 27 | #3,885 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 11 | #7,090 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 12 | #6,132 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 14 | #5,124 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 13 | #5,290 |
| 1999 | 12 | #5,311 |
| 1998 | 12 | #5,153 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 15 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 11 | #5,118 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 19 | #3,331 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 22 | #2,464 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 25 | #2,084 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 21 | #2,337 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 18 | #2,567 |
| 1978 | 10 | #3,613 |
| 1977 | 21 | #2,202 |
| 1976 | 25 | #1,931 |
| 1975 | 25 | #1,883 |
| 1974 | 21 | #2,050 |
| 1973 | 23 | #1,870 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 24 | #1,822 |
| 1970 | 23 | #1,846 |
| 1969 | 26 | #1,604 |
| 1968 | 20 | #1,787 |
| 1967 | 30 | #1,387 |
| 1966 | 21 | #1,683 |
| 1965 | 40 | #1,206 |
| 1964 | 33 | #1,370 |
| 1963 | 42 | #1,194 |
| 1962 | 43 | #1,186 |
| 1961 | 40 | #1,249 |
| 1960 | 51 | #1,082 |
| 1959 | 34 | #1,336 |
| 1958 | 32 | #1,369 |
| 1957 | 49 | #1,089 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,284 |
| 1955 | 54 | #1,021 |
| 1954 | 39 | #1,199 |
| 1953 | 43 | #1,122 |
| 1952 | 62 | #895 |
| 1951 | 61 | #901 |
| 1950 | 54 | #933 |
| 1949 | 53 | #945 |
| 1948 | 70 | #812 |
| 1947 | 51 | #999 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,019 |
| 1945 | 62 | #782 |
| 1944 | 48 | #918 |
| 1943 | 66 | #808 |
| 1942 | 60 | #839 |
| 1941 | 58 | #834 |
| 1940 | 56 | #841 |
| 1939 | 53 | #836 |
| 1938 | 61 | #784 |
| 1937 | 54 | #830 |
| 1936 | 93 | #601 |
| 1935 | 77 | #688 |
| 1934 | 68 | #742 |
| 1933 | 72 | #710 |
| 1932 | 82 | #674 |
| 1931 | 93 | #616 |
| 1930 | 79 | #699 |
| 1929 | 86 | #663 |
| 1928 | 98 | #617 |
| 1927 | 104 | #610 |
| 1926 | 99 | #631 |
| 1925 | 122 | #559 |
| 1924 | 108 | #613 |
| 1923 | 141 | #511 |
| 1922 | 132 | #546 |
| 1921 | 139 | #528 |
| 1920 | 156 | #487 |
| 1919 | 113 | #562 |
| 1918 | 138 | #510 |
| 1917 | 117 | #540 |
| 1916 | 107 | #552 |
| 1915 | 117 | #515 |
| 1914 | 91 | #512 |
| 1913 | 66 | #531 |
| 1912 | 69 | #470 |
| 1911 | 30 | #548 |
| 1910 | 33 | #480 |
| 1909 | 21 | #574 |
| 1908 | 17 | #632 |
| 1907 | 21 | #511 |
| 1906 | 21 | #489 |
| 1905 | 20 | #507 |
| 1904 | 20 | #482 |
| 1903 | 12 | #656 |
| 1902 | 9 | #793 |
| 1901 | 13 | #559 |
| 1900 | 27 | #430 |
| 1899 | 21 | #402 |
| 1898 | 22 | #418 |
| 1897 | 17 | #473 |
| 1896 | 20 | #438 |
| 1895 | 15 | #529 |
| 1894 | 19 | #439 |
| 1893 | 15 | #479 |
| 1892 | 16 | #497 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 11 | #581 |
| 1888 | 11 | #609 |
| 1887 | 12 | #516 |
| 1886 | 11 | #578 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 |
| 1884 | 15 | #488 |
| 1883 | 9 | #644 |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 10 | #563 |
| 1880 | 6 | #809 |
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