Given name & surname
Tripp
“a traveler”
Tripp is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “a traveler.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “a traveler.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1957. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tripp through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8,975
- 8,975 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 711 babies
- 2025
- 572
- #522 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +48%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 572 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 522 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 47.9% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (76). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,223 as a first name in 2020; 19,818 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tripp’s family of names
Tripp has a related form in Trip. Tripp has a related form in Tripper. Tripp has a related form in Tryp.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Tripp
- Tripp SchwenkAmerican swimmerborn 1971
- Tripp EisenAmerican guitaristborn 1965
- Tripp PhillipsUS tennis playerborn 1977
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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