Ripley

Ripley is a unisex given name: about 24% of people named Ripley are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

Mostly femaleMedium

Male 24%Female 76%

Verdict: Mostly female
Male / female split: 24% male / 76% female
Confidence: Medium (8 to 63 weighted country observations)
Most common in: United States
US births since 1880: 311 male / 1,008 female
Data: nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
Updated: 2026-09-11

How to address Ripley

To address Ripley when you do not know their gender, use the full name with no title: "Dear Ripley," in English, "Guten Tag Ripley," in German. About 24% of people named Ripley are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is close to a coin flip, and the neutral form above is the safer choice.

Ready-made greetings in six languages

English

Dear Ripley,

German

Guten Tag Ripley,

French

Bonjour Ripley,

Spanish

Estimado/a Ripley:

Chinese

Ripley您好：

Japanese

Ripley様

English

Hi Ripley,

German

Hi Ripley,

French

Salut Ripley,

Spanish

Hola Ripley,

Chinese

Ripley你好：

Japanese

Ripleyさん

Greeting generator

This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.

Country breakdown

Gender of the name Ripley by country (nam_dict, 55 country columns)
Country	How common	Usually	Male share
United States	uncommon	woman's name	24%

United States birth data

311 male · 1,008 female · 1,319 births recorded

Male 24%Female 76%

Since 1980: 20% male.

Frequently asked questions

Is Ripley a male or female name?

Ripley is a unisex given name: about 24% of people named Ripley are men and 76% are women, so a gendered salutation is a coin flip and the neutral form is the safe choice.

How do I address Ripley in an email?

Is Ripley a unisex name?

Ripley is not a unisex name: 24% of people named Ripley are men. Ripley leans strongly female overall.

Sources

Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data, public domain. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. Data built 2026-09-11.

Cite this page

DearWho, "Is Ripley a male or female name?", https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/ripley (accessed 2026-09-11). Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.

BibTeX

@misc{dearwho_ripley,
  title  = {Is Ripley a male or female name?},
  author = {{DearWho}},
  year   = {2026},
  url    = {https://dearwho.vercel.app/name/ripley},
  note   = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}