Boys' name · since 1979
Ranaldo
Ranaldo has 38 recorded births since 1979 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1983 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,167 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 38
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ranaldo sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 38 recorded since 1979.
Social Security Administration records show Ranaldo recorded 38 times among boys since 1979, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 1980s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 1989.
- #24,167 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 38 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ranaldo ranks #24,167 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 38 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #24,167 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 38
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ranaldo's 38 recorded births place it above 46.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ranaldo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ranaldo splits its recorded history at 1985: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1979 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1983 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ranaldo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–1989
- Peak year (1983)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Ranaldo by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (33 births, 87% of the file).
1980s was Ranaldo's strongest decade.
33 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 87% of all-time use.
Ranaldo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
33 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 33 births (87% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ranaldo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1983)
Similar record span (~10 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, 1979–1989 (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 Ranaldo 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.