Ripley

Girl · recorded 1988–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 1.6 to 1)

  • #1,029in 2025
  • 1 in 6,614girls in 2025
  • +178%last ten years
  • 3.1×in Washington

2025 was its biggest year ever, up 178% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1988

07615119881997200720162025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 36 recorded years as a table
Ripley, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19886
19893
19927
19934
19944
19953
19963
19976
199811
19999
20009
20018
200211
200312
200420
200515
200615
200716
200817
200924
201022
201118
201232
201337
201443
201554
201672
201783
2018113
2019102
2020106
2021104
2022126
2023127
2024115
2025151

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Washington 3.1×
  2. Indiana 2.4×
  3. Florida 1.1×
  4. California 1.1×
  5. Texas 0.9×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
243
Rank in 2025
#1,029
How rare
1 in 6,614 girls
Since 1988
2,555

Most popular in 2025, at 151 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 178% per million girls born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Washington3.1×35
Indiana2.4×26
Florida1.1×36
California1.1×68
Texas0.9×56

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.