Boys' name · since 1967
Ralphael
Since 1967, U.S. Social Security records show 439 babies named Ralphael, peaking in 1991. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #8,532 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 439
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
439 boys have been named Ralphael since 1967, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ralphael has 439 recorded births among boys since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2023.
- #8,532 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 439 born since 1967
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ralphael ranks #8,532 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 439 born since 1967, peaking in the 1980s.
- #8,532 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 439
- born since 1967
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ralphael's 439 recorded births place it above 81.23% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ralphael's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ralphael's full recorded timeline at 1995, 41% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 59% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1970, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1991 peak of 23 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ralphael popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2023
- Peak year (1991)
- 23
- Annual births at peak, across 57 years of records
Ralphael by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (122 births, 28% of the file).
1980s was Ralphael's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Ralphael births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
- 1970s
1970s
51 births
- 1980s
1980s
122 births
- 1990s
1990s
105 births
- 2000s
2000s
67 births
- 2010s
2010s
73 births
- 2020s 14
2020s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 122 births (28% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ralphael's data
- Ralphael's decade-level peak was the 1980s (122 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 2020s -- 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 Ralphael: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~56 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, 1967–2023 (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 Ralphael 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.