Girls' name · since 1900
Ragnhild
Ragnhild has 60 recorded births since 1900 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1915 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #32,915 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1900
- 1910s
- peak decade
60 girls have been named Ragnhild since 1900, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ragnhild has been recorded 60 times among girls since 1900, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1910s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1900 to 1931.
- #32,915 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 60 born since 1900
- 1910s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ragnhild ranks #32,915 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 60 born since 1900, peaking in the 1910s.
- #32,915 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 60
- born since 1900
- 1910s
- peak decade
Ragnhild's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ragnhild's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ragnhild splits its recorded history at 1915: 55% of all births land in the more recent half, 45% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1900 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1915 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ragnhild popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1900–1931
- Peak year (1915)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Ragnhild by decade
1910s is the heaviest window (35 births, 58% of the file).
1910s was Ragnhild's strongest decade.
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Ragnhild births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s
1900s
15 births
- 1910s
1910s
35 births
- 1920s 5
1920s
5 births
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1910s at 35 births (58% of all-time use).
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- Ragnhild's decade-level peak was the 1910s (35 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1930s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ragnhild: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1915)
Similar record span (~31 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1900–1931 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ragnhild draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.