Tripp
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Meaning
nickname meaning "traveler", often given to a third-generation namesake
The story
Tripp is the nickname America gives its thirds, the boy who carries his father's and grandfather's name and needs a way to be himself at the dinner table, triple worn friendly. As a certificate name in its own right the record waited out half a century in double digits, then moved: about 1,000 in the 2000s, 3,800 in the 2010s, and already 3,900 so far this decade, past the full 2010s with years to run. The record is absolute: about 9,000 boys and not one girl, ever. America has always marked its juniors and seconds; Tripp is the rare marker that turned the family tree's third rung into a first name outright: an inheritance, a wink, and a record that keeps climbing the ladder it names.
How popular is Tripp around the world?
In the United States, 3,856 babies were named Tripp between 2020 and 2025.
Tripp is on the official records of the United States and Canada.
United States
1 in 5,700
In the United States, 3,856 babies were named Tripp between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Tripp peaked in the 2020s.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 14,000
In Canada, 27 boys named Tripp were born in 2024, the 949th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, England and Wales, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the South Australia record for 1944 to 2017: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Tripp
Most people given the name Tripp in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
Keep exploring
The Tripp deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Tripp truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Tripp fits with your family’s names and surname.
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