Meaning not yet researched.
Rupert: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 29 in 2025. Its best rank was #413 in 1899.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #413 in 1899; #3,831 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Rupert in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#3,831 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1899, at #413.
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Rupert: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 29 boys in 2025. Peak: #413 in 1899 · most boys in one year: 156 (1920).
In 2025, 29 US boys were named Rupert, making it the 3,831st most common boys’ name of the year, up 47 places from #3,878 in 2024. That is 0 more than the 29 boys named Rupert in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #413, reached in 1899. The most boys given the name in a single year was 156, in 1920. For comparison, it was #4,522 in 2015 and #945 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Rupert in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 6 babies with the name. In all, 5,611 US babies have been given the name, 0.3% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,195 babies named Rupert.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 229 US boys were named Rupert; the busiest of those years was 2025, with 29. In 2025 that was about 1 in 58,899 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Related spellings in the SSA files include Robert (4,869,849 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ruppert are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ruppert (31).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Rupert in the open dataset we use.
Rupert is listed as a nickname for Robert.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 29 | #3,831 |
| 2024 | — | — | 29 | #3,878 |
| 2023 | — | — | 26 | #4,194 |
| 2022 | — | — | 18 | #5,392 |
| 2021 | — | — | 26 | #4,104 |
| 2020 | — | — | 24 | #4,249 |
| 2019 | — | — | 22 | #4,613 |
| 2018 | — | — | 13 | #6,635 |
| 2017 | — | — | 27 | #3,964 |
| 2016 | — | — | 15 | #5,998 |
| 2015 | — | — | 22 | #4,522 |
| 2014 | — | — | 16 | #5,667 |
| 2013 | — | — | 13 | #6,546 |
| 2012 | — | — | 13 | #6,577 |
| 2011 | — | — | 8 | #9,438 |
| 2010 | — | — | 15 | #5,979 |
| 2009 | — | — | 8 | #9,699 |
| 2008 | — | — | 12 | #7,108 |
| 2007 | — | — | 11 | #7,489 |
| 2006 | — | — | 8 | #9,402 |
| 2005 | — | — | 14 | #5,821 |
| 2004 | — | — | 12 | #6,444 |
| 2003 | — | — | 10 | #7,141 |
| 2002 | — | — | 14 | #5,341 |
| 2001 | — | — | 7 | #9,040 |
| 2000 | — | — | 13 | #5,521 |
| 1999 | — | — | 12 | #5,587 |
| 1998 | — | — | 12 | #5,403 |
| 1997 | — | — | 12 | #5,213 |
| 1996 | — | — | 15 | #4,354 |
| 1995 | — | — | 11 | #5,435 |
| 1994 | — | — | 8 | #6,854 |
| 1993 | — | — | 10 | #5,695 |
| 1992 | — | — | 19 | #3,439 |
| 1991 | — | — | 27 | #2,592 |
| 1990 | — | — | 11 | #4,931 |
| 1989 | — | — | 23 | #2,764 |
| 1988 | — | — | 10 | #4,720 |
| 1987 | — | — | 22 | #2,541 |
| 1986 | — | — | 18 | #2,867 |
| 1985 | — | — | 13 | #3,566 |
| 1984 | — | — | 14 | #3,247 |
| 1983 | — | — | 25 | #2,133 |
| 1982 | — | — | 23 | #2,257 |
| 1981 | — | — | 21 | #2,400 |
| 1980 | — | — | 14 | #3,220 |
| 1979 | — | — | 18 | #2,657 |
| 1978 | — | — | 10 | #3,803 |
| 1977 | — | — | 21 | #2,256 |
| 1976 | — | — | 25 | #1,985 |
| 1975 | — | — | 25 | #1,935 |
| 1974 | — | — | 21 | #2,113 |
| 1973 | — | — | 23 | #1,920 |
| 1972 | — | — | 28 | #1,675 |
| 1971 | — | — | 24 | #1,855 |
| 1970 | — | — | 23 | #1,884 |
| 1969 | — | — | 26 | #1,635 |
| 1968 | — | — | 20 | #1,820 |
| 1967 | — | — | 30 | #1,406 |
| 1966 | — | — | 21 | #1,718 |
| 1965 | — | — | 40 | #1,220 |
| 1964 | — | — | 33 | #1,382 |
| 1963 | — | — | 42 | #1,214 |
| 1962 | — | — | 43 | #1,199 |
| 1961 | — | — | 40 | #1,257 |
| 1960 | — | — | 51 | #1,096 |
| 1959 | — | — | 34 | #1,357 |
| 1958 | — | — | 32 | #1,395 |
| 1957 | — | — | 49 | #1,099 |
| 1956 | — | — | 36 | #1,297 |
| 1955 | — | — | 54 | #1,032 |
| 1954 | — | — | 39 | #1,211 |
| 1953 | — | — | 43 | #1,135 |
| 1952 | — | — | 62 | #903 |
| 1951 | — | — | 61 | #911 |
| 1950 | — | — | 54 | #945 |
| 1949 | — | — | 53 | #956 |
| 1948 | — | — | 70 | #818 |
| 1947 | — | — | 51 | #1,011 |
| 1946 | — | — | 45 | #1,028 |
| 1945 | — | — | 62 | #789 |
| 1944 | — | — | 48 | #932 |
| 1943 | — | — | 66 | #814 |
| 1942 | — | — | 60 | #849 |
| 1941 | — | — | 58 | #838 |
| 1940 | — | — | 56 | #849 |
| 1939 | — | — | 53 | #842 |
| 1938 | — | — | 61 | #797 |
| 1937 | — | — | 54 | #834 |
| 1936 | — | — | 93 | #605 |
| 1935 | — | — | 77 | #690 |
| 1934 | — | — | 68 | #746 |
| 1933 | — | — | 72 | #716 |
| 1932 | — | — | 82 | #676 |
| 1931 | — | — | 93 | #620 |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,485 | 79 | #703 |
| 1929 | — | — | 86 | #665 |
| 1928 | — | — | 98 | #620 |
| 1927 | — | — | 104 | #615 |
| 1926 | — | — | 99 | #635 |
| 1925 | — | — | 122 | #561 |
| 1924 | — | — | 108 | #615 |
| 1923 | — | — | 141 | #512 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,667 | 132 | #549 |
| 1921 | — | — | 139 | #531 |
| 1920 | 5 | #5,641 | 156 | #487 |
| 1919 | — | — | 113 | #563 |
| 1918 | — | — | 138 | #510 |
| 1917 | — | — | 117 | #540 |
| 1916 | — | — | 107 | #554 |
| 1915 | — | — | 117 | #517 |
| 1914 | — | — | 91 | #515 |
| 1913 | — | — | 66 | #535 |
| 1912 | — | — | 69 | #473 |
| 1911 | — | — | 30 | #560 |
| 1910 | — | — | 33 | #491 |
| 1909 | — | — | 21 | #587 |
| 1908 | — | — | 17 | #652 |
| 1907 | — | — | 21 | #535 |
| 1906 | — | — | 21 | #502 |
| 1905 | — | — | 20 | #521 |
| 1904 | — | — | 20 | #490 |
| 1903 | — | — | 12 | #689 |
| 1902 | — | — | 9 | #851 |
| 1901 | — | — | 13 | #586 |
| 1900 | — | — | 27 | #441 |
| 1899 | — | — | 21 | #413 |
| 1898 | — | — | 22 | #432 |
| 1897 | — | — | 17 | #491 |
| 1896 | — | — | 20 | #456 |
| 1895 | — | — | 15 | #552 |
| 1894 | — | — | 19 | #460 |
| 1893 | — | — | 15 | #501 |
| 1892 | — | — | 16 | #518 |
| 1891 | — | — | 6 | #943 |
| 1890 | — | — | 16 | #482 |
| 1889 | — | — | 11 | #620 |
| 1888 | — | — | 11 | #642 |
| 1887 | — | — | 12 | #538 |
| 1886 | — | — | 11 | #596 |
| 1885 | — | — | 11 | #599 |
| 1884 | — | — | 15 | #501 |
| 1883 | — | — | 9 | #672 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #604 |
| 1881 | — | — | 10 | #583 |
| 1880 | — | — | 6 | #892 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).