Ranald — boys' name

What the Data Says About Ranald

The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Ranald between 1914 and 1988, spanning 75 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ranald currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1988. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ranald performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 23 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ranald shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ranald 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 111 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.