Ripken Popularity by Year
Follow Ripken across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Ripken birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 32 | #3,513 | Down 58 places |
| 2024 | Boys | 33 | #3,455 | Down 686 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 46 | #2,769 | Down 16 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 47 | #2,753 | Up 22 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 45 | #2,775 | Up 643 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 32 | #3,418 | Up 376 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 28 | #3,794 | Up 97 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 27 | #3,891 | Up 1,220 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 18 | #5,111 | Up 678 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 15 | #5,789 | Down 43 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 15 | #5,746 | Down 880 places |
| 2014 | Boys | 19 | #4,866 | Up 305 places |
| 2013 | Boys | 17 | #5,171 | Up 2,388 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 10 | #7,559 | Up 520 places |
| 2011 | Boys | 9 | #8,079 | Down 488 places |
| 2010 | Boys | 10 | #7,591 | Up 1,428 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 8 | #9,019 | Up 769 places |
| 2007 | Boys | 7 | #9,788 | Up 160 places |
| 2004 | Boys | 6 | #9,948 | Down 1,244 places |
| 1999 | Boys | 6 | #8,704 | Up 561 places |
| 1997 | Boys | 5 | #9,265 | — |