Skipper

#11,793 in 2025Boys' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Skipper has been given to 841 babies in the U.S. since 1937. In 2025 it ranked #11,793 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1962, with 33 recorded.

Babies named Skipper, 2025

1 in 553,000

Skipper over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Skipper: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Skipper means

Skipper is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Skipper is used in English.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 830 boys were recorded with the name Skipper between 1937 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 1962; its best national rank was #1,383 in 1962.

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Skipper between 2022 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2022; its best national rank was #15,070 in 2022.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Skipper?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #11,793; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Skipper sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Skipper. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Skippers were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Skipper was born before 1962 — so the typical Skipper is around 63 today.

Median birth year: 1962; About 63 years old
Biggest decade: 1960s; 28.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 0.72%; Mostly a past generation
Recorded since 1950: 689; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1960s — 28.2% of all recorded uses (234).

Is Skipper rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 18.2%; Peak was 1962 (33)
Years since peak: 63; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 27.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,383; 1962

Where Skipper is used

Across 1910–2025, Skipper was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,070,891 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2South Carolina1 in —
3Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Skipper has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Skipper by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #11,793
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #1,383; 1962
Peak year: 1962; 33 that year
First recorded: 1937
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 830
Count in 2025: 6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #16,935
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #15,070; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 6 that year
First recorded: 2022
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 11
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Skipper

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Trapper Prosper Chipper Kacper Juniper Kasper Kemper Copper Trooper Jazper Roper Skip Jesper Skippy Kooper Skiler Gasper Draper Hooper Casper Kipper Harper Hopper Vesper

Sibling names for Skipper

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Juliann Lolita Lauri Jonna Treva Deidre Kandy Maryjo

For a brother

Mitch Toney Berry Tod Rob Tracey Hayward Lonny

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