Ransom — #1659 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ransom

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,761 babies named Ransom between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ransom currently holds the #1659 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 111 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ransom performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 885 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ransom shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 276 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Ransom in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ransom 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 4,761 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.