Ralph — #1147 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ralph

The Social Security Administration has registered 413,799 babies named Ralph between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ralph currently holds the #1147 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 8,860 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ralph performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 84,466 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ralph shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 36,504 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Ralph in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ralph in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 413,799 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.