Ranson — boys' name
357 babies named Ranson in U.S. Social Security records since 1914, with the highest year being 2003. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
17% of everyone ever named Ranson was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Ranson in 2003 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ranson
The Social Security Administration has registered 357 babies named Ranson between 1914 and 2022, spanning 109 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ranson currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2003, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ranson performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ranson shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ranson 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 357 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.
Ranson at a glance
Last recorded 2022Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ranson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1914
- Peak year (2003)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 109 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2022.
357 total births across 109 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2003 with 13 births in a single year.
Ranson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 62 births that decade — 17% of Ranson's all-time total
Ranson decade highlights
- Peak decade 62 births
- Runner-up 55 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Ranson's strongest decade
62 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1914–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.