How rare is the last name Ripley?

8,953 people in the United States have the last name Ripley, about 1 in 33,385. It ranks #3,862 of 156,621 last names in the 2020 Census.

last name

RIPLEY

#3,862

of 156,621 last names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,953
About
1 in 33,385
This common or more
55.5%
Who bears it

Of the 8,953 people with the last name Ripley, 87.2% reported their origin as White, 4.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 4% as two or more races. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Either side of Ripley

#3,860 Holtz · 8,954#3,860 Moreau · 8,954#3,863 Shull · 8,947#3,864 Fahey · 8,946

Spelled almost the same

2 last names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ripley, most common first.

#113,026 Ribley · 165#115,151 Rippley · 161

Also a first name

As a first name, Ripley ranks #8,210 of 53,615, with 1,775 people. As a baby name it peaked in 2025, with 399 births. See Ripley as a first name

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