Ralphie — #9104 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ralphie

The Social Security Administration has registered 124 babies named Ralphie between 1958 and 2024, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ralphie currently holds the #9104 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 9 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ralphie performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 31 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ralphie shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Ralphie in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ralphie 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 124 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.