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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |