Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ralph

#84 most common boys' name of all time · #173 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#84
Rank overall
#173 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
415,858
Since 2016
1,925
Peak year
1921 #23
Best rank
#21 1914
Girls Boys peak 8,902/yr
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Ralph is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 211 211 #1,046
2024 183 183 #1,145
2023 169 169 #1,192
2022 184 184 #1,138
2021 186 186 #1,111
2020 180 180 #1,101
2019 203 203 #1,023
2018 219 219 #950
2017 185 185 #1,066
2016 205 205 #993
2015 186 186 #1,065
2014 193 193 #1,040
2013 194 194 #1,009
2012 180 180 #1,057
2011 208 208 #953
2010 205 205 #966
2009 211 211 #953
2008 248 248 #855
2007 239 239 #868
2006 278 278 #759
2005 258 258 #769
2004 270 270 #710
2003 300 300 #658
2002 314 314 #629
2001 319 319 #610
2000 342 342 #583
1999 343 343 #570
1998 333 333 #582
1997 364 364 #544
1996 415 415 #503
1995 413 413 #502
1994 422 422 #490
1993 520 520 #428
1992 499 499 #441
1991 562 562 #405
1990 5 603 608 #385
1989 662 662 #347
1988 6 628 634 #339
1987 6 724 730 #297
1986 6 728 734 #286
1985 5 753 758 #277
1984 10 771 781 #270
1983 5 846 851 #249
1982 949 949 #243
1981 6 898 904 #247
1980 8 1,039 1,047 #229
1979 10 1,080 1,090 #216
1978 12 1,079 1,091 #205
1977 13 1,253 1,266 #187
1976 8 1,161 1,169 #193
1975 14 1,343 1,357 #173
1974 7 1,371 1,378 #174
1973 18 1,558 1,576 #157
1972 15 1,671 1,686 #159
1971 10 1,991 2,001 #149
1970 21 2,248 2,269 #147
1969 17 2,416 2,433 #126
1968 21 2,325 2,346 #127
1967 22 2,553 2,575 #117
1966 24 2,783 2,807 #112
1965 12 3,225 3,237 #103
1964 15 3,564 3,579 #103
1963 16 3,931 3,947 #99
1962 17 4,180 4,197 #97
1961 23 4,443 4,466 #95
1960 17 4,770 4,787 #89
1959 19 5,048 5,067 #84
1958 22 5,453 5,475 #78
1957 23 5,709 5,732 #76
1956 23 6,041 6,064 #67
1955 16 5,965 5,981 #67
1954 17 6,311 6,328 #61
1953 17 6,513 6,530 #59
1952 17 6,469 6,486 #56
1951 16 6,525 6,541 #51
1950 15 6,406 6,421 #52
1949 14 6,748 6,762 #50
1948 20 6,915 6,935 #51
1947 20 7,389 7,409 #50
1946 22 6,587 6,609 #48
1945 18 5,785 5,803 #44
1944 16 6,273 6,289 #42
1943 11 6,771 6,782 #40
1942 17 6,637 6,654 #38
1941 15 6,040 6,055 #38
1940 27 5,838 5,865 #37
1939 21 5,959 5,980 #35
1938 19 6,013 6,032 #35
1937 19 5,923 5,942 #34
1936 28 6,029 6,057 #31
1935 32 6,090 6,122 #32
1934 34 6,282 6,316 #31
1933 36 6,185 6,221 #29
1932 32 6,727 6,759 #27
1931 45 6,960 7,005 #25
1930 45 7,634 7,679 #25
1929 58 7,715 7,773 #26
1928 56 8,100 8,156 #24
1927 59 8,434 8,493 #24
1926 44 8,455 8,499 #24
1925 43 8,467 8,510 #25
1924 44 8,766 8,810 #23
1923 42 8,629 8,671 #23
1922 56 8,484 8,540 #23
1921 42 8,860 8,902 #23
1920 42 8,556 8,598 #22
1919 45 7,709 7,754 #22
1918 30 8,162 8,192 #22
1917 30 7,391 7,421 #21
1916 32 7,085 7,117 #21
1915 24 6,816 6,840 #21
1914 13 5,009 5,022 #21
1913 25 3,963 3,988 #22
1912 14 3,435 3,449 #23
1911 7 1,674 1,681 #24
1910 7 1,278 1,285 #28
1909 5 1,091 1,096 #30
1908 6 1,138 1,144 #25
1907 997 997 #29
1906 5 984 989 #26
1905 938 938 #27
1904 899 899 #28
1903 5 807 812 #29
1902 7 866 873 #28
1901 5 682 687 #29
1900 896 896 #31
1899 5 742 747 #29
1898 803 803 #31
1897 5 697 702 #32
1896 746 746 #30
1895 5 736 741 #30
1894 5 692 697 #31
1893 636 636 #31
1892 725 725 #30
1891 8 587 595 #28
1890 5 587 592 #32
1889 5 495 500 #39
1888 6 547 553 #36
1887 463 463 #39
1886 440 440 #41
1885 422 422 #44
1884 5 464 469 #41
1883 385 385 #45
1882 407 407 #43
1881 329 329 #45
1880 317 317 #54