Fun Facts About the Name Tripp
- More than 8 thousand babies named Tripp: U.S. records list 8,970 babies given the name Tripp from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Tripp Mean?
Tripp is an English surname now also used as a given name. The surname is most often explained as a nickname from the Middle English verb trippen, meaning to step lightly, hop, or dance, with the related noun trip referring to a step or a caper. On that reading, the name described a lively person or a dancer. Because the same word was common in everyday speech, some reference works treat the surname's exact origin as uncertain rather than settled.
As a first name, Tripp is also used in the United States as a nickname-style name for a boy who is the third in his family to carry a given name (a "III"), alongside the more common spelling Trip. That usage is separate from the surname's word origin and points to the number three rather than to the Middle English verb.
Tripp Name History & Origins
Tripp began as an English surname, and like many English surnames it was carried to colonial New England, where it took root. John Tripp was among the early settlers of Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and signed the Portsmouth Compact in 1638; the surname spread among his descendants and other families in the region. For most of its history the word served as a family surname rather than as a first name.
Its use as a given name is a later American development, part of the broad practice of turning surnames into first names. The spelling with a doubled final p also fits the American habit of naming a son after his father and grandfather: a boy who is the third of his name may be called Trip or Tripp rather than Junior. Both the surname use and this third-in-the-name use feed into the modern first name.
How Popular is the Name Tripp?
Tripp recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2022. Its best rank was #437 in 2022.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #522 | 572 | 0.0335% |
| 2024 | #510 | 596 | 0.0347% |
| 2023 | #458 | 672 | 0.0393% |
| 2022 | #437 | 711 | 0.0408% |
| 2021 | #445 | 691 | 0.0395% |
| 2020 | #485 | 610 | 0.0354% |
| 2019 | #570 | 490 | 0.0273% |
| 2018 | #656 | 389 | 0.0214% |
| 2017 | #686 | 365 | 0.0197% |
| 2016 | #722 | 340 | 0.0179% |
| 2015 | #691 | 365 | 0.0190% |
| 2014 | #673 | 379 | 0.0197% |
| 2013 | #639 | 387 | 0.0205% |
| 2012 | #648 | 368 | 0.0194% |
| 2011 | #673 | 351 | 0.0185% |
| 2010 | #669 | 359 | 0.0187% |
| 2009 | #673 | 362 | 0.0183% |
| 2008 | #930 | 219 | 0.0107% |
| 2007 | #1,068 | 175 | 0.0084% |
| 2006 | #1,407 | 113 | 0.0055% |
| 2005 | #2,697 | 41 | 0.0021% |
| 2004 | #3,009 | 34 | 0.0017% |
| 2003 | #3,358 | 28 | 0.0014% |
| 2002 | #3,782 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 2001 | #3,834 | 22 | 0.0011% |
| 2000 | #3,628 | 23 | 0.0012% |
| 1999 | #4,523 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1998 | #4,628 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1997 | #4,229 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1996 | #5,514 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1995 | #6,372 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #6,933 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1993 | #6,776 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1992 | #7,354 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1991 | #5,909 | 9 | 0.0004% |
| 1990 | #7,129 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #6,051 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #4,942 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1982 | #6,336 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #4,134 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #7,014 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #4,535 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1977 | #3,822 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1976 | #3,250 | 12 | 0.0008% |
| 1975 | #4,773 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1974 | #3,819 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1973 | #4,034 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #4,408 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1971 | #2,962 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1970 | #3,504 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1968 | #3,347 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1966 | #3,920 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1964 | #2,655 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1963 | #4,017 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1962 | #3,613 | 7 | 0.0003% |
| 1961 | #4,033 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1960 | #4,016 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1959 | #4,533 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1957 | #3,965 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
Explore More Lists with Name Tripp
Most Popular Boy Names That Start with T
Unique Short Boy Names That Start with T
How the Name Tripp Shapes Your Personality and Life?
You like to control everyone within your influence, to shape things to your own liking. If positive, you develop high spirituality, as you have a God's protection. You are sensitive, affectionate, imaginative and cooperative, spiritually aware and prone to self-sacrifice. You can keep secrets and are a good diplomat. You may have healing and psychic powers. You are intuitive and might be interested in the arts, drama or science.
You are very intuitive. You have a reservoir of inspired wisdom combined with inherited analytical ability, which could reward you through expressions of spiritual leadership, business analysis, marketing, artistic visions, and scientific research. Operating on spiritual side of your individuality can bring you to the great heights, and drop you off if you neglect your spiritual identity. You are always looking for an opportunity to investigate the unknown, to use and show your mental abilities, to find the purpose and meaning of life. You want to grow wise and to understand people and things. You need privacy to replenish your energy. You have a unique way of thinking, intuitive, reflective, absorbing.
✦ Tripp's Deeper Meaning & Tips for Parents Discover Tripp's symbolic numbers and practical tips for choosing a name that complements your child's birth date.