Ralph Name Popularity

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How popular is Ralph?

Ranking 951st in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Ralph is less frequently given.

Currently in the top 1000, this name has not always been in the top 1000.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #21 for the first time in 1914 and as recently as 1917.

Nonetheless, the name was given to the greatest number of children in 1921 with 8,860 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Ralph was 180 in 2012.

Approximately during the years 1885-1888, 1889-1892, 1907-1918, and 1944-1947, the name Ralph took a definitive turn upwards in popularity whereas 1965-1976, and 1977-1981 were years of successive downward movement.

Currently, the name is at an extremely low point when compared to its most popular year.

How popular will Ralph be?

Ralph's popularity has been moving downward for some time. however, the number of children named Ralph lately has risen.

The name Ralph is used by only a select few but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Ralph has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Ralph (Girl)		Ralph (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	217	951
2017		< 5	--	184	1,073
2016		< 5	--	204	998
2015		< 5	--	184	1,074
2014		< 5	--	193	1,042
2013		< 5	--	193	1,011
2012		< 5	--	180	1,058
2011		< 5	--	208	955
2010		< 5	--	205	967
2009		< 5	--	210	961
2008		< 5	--	247	860
2007		< 5	--	239	869
2006		< 5	--	277	762
2005		< 5	--	258	771
2004		< 5	--	270	712
2003		< 5	--	300	660
2002		< 5	--	312	630
2001		< 5	--	320	610
2000		< 5	--	341	585
1999		< 5	--	343	572
1998		< 5	--	332	584
1997		< 5	--	364	544
1996		< 5	--	415	503
1995		< 5	--	413	502
1994		< 5	--	422	489
1993		< 5	--	520	429
1992		< 5	--	499	441
1991		< 5	--	562	406
1990		5	14,638	603	385
1989		< 5	--	662	347
1988		6	11,378	628	339
1987		6	10,885	725	297
1986		6	10,509	730	286
1985		5	11,973	752	277
1984		10	6,641	777	268
1983		5	11,534	845	249
1982		< 5	--	949	243
1981		6	10,030	897	247
1980		8	7,934	1,039	230
1979		10	6,555	1,080	216
1978		12	5,453	1,079	205
1977		12	5,444	1,253	187
1976		8	7,097	1,163	193
1975		14	4,532	1,342	173
1974		7	7,460	1,370	174
1973		18	3,594	1,559	157
1972		15	4,037	1,673	159
1971		10	5,418	1,991	149
1970		21	3,179	2,247	147
1969		17	3,421	2,417	126
1968		21	2,846	2,324	127
1967		22	2,684	2,551	117
1966		24	2,504	2,784	112
1965		12	3,894	3,227	103
1964		15	3,476	3,563	103
1963		16	3,291	3,931	99
1962		17	3,129	4,175	97
1961		23	2,593	4,432	95
1960		17	3,072	4,775	89
1959		19	2,730	5,041	84
1958		22	2,495	5,448	77
1957		23	2,401	5,710	76
1956		23	2,367	6,033	67
1955		16	2,933	5,965	67
1954		17	2,765	6,303	61
1953		17	2,678	6,512	59
1952		17	2,651	6,474	56
1951		16	2,670	6,525	51
1950		15	2,748	6,404	52
1949		14	2,821	6,746	50
1948		20	2,240	6,912	51
1947		20	2,271	7,386	50
1946		22	2,012	6,587	48
1945		18	2,042	5,785	44
1944		16	2,266	6,272	42
1943		11	2,992	6,769	40
1942		17	2,185	6,635	38
1941		15	2,251	6,038	38
1940		27	1,508	5,835	37
1939		21	1,721	5,957	35
1938		19	1,861	6,018	35
1937		19	1,837	5,921	34
1936		28	1,408	6,029	31
1935		32	1,298	6,091	32
1934		34	1,233	6,280	31
1933		36	1,193	6,183	29
1932		32	1,312	6,728	27
1931		45	1,054	6,956	25
1930		45	1,114	7,637	25
1929		58	949	7,711	26
1928		56	1,006	8,100	24
1927		59	997	8,434	24
1926		44	1,164	8,454	24
1925		43	1,189	8,467	25
1924		44	1,203	8,766	23
1923		42	1,208	8,630	23
1922		56	1,006	8,485	23
1921		42	1,199	8,860	23
1920		42	1,185	8,556	22
1919		45	1,098	7,710	22
1918		30	1,441	8,161	22
1917		30	1,365	7,392	21
1916		32	1,294	7,085	21
1915		24	1,512	6,816	21
1914		13	1,994	5,009	21
1913		25	1,114	3,963	22
1912		14	1,526	3,435	23
1911		7	2,152	1,674	24
1910		7	2,100	1,278	28
1909		5	2,481	1,091	30
1908		6	2,056	1,138	25
1907		< 5	--	998	29
1906		5	2,167	984	26
1905		< 5	--	938	27
1904		< 5	--	899	28
1903		5	2,023	807	29
1902		7	1,567	866	28
1901		5	1,894	682	29
1900		< 5	--	896	31
1899		5	1,792	742	29
1898		< 5	--	803	31
1897		5	1,748	697	32
1896		< 5	--	746	30
1895		5	1,770	736	30
1894		5	1,664	692	31
1893		< 5	--	636	31
1892		< 5	--	725	30
1891		8	1,078	587	28
1890		5	1,496	587	32
1889		5	1,448	495	39
1888		6	1,253	547	36
1887		< 5	--	463	38
1886		< 5	--	440	41
1885		< 5	--	422	44
1884		5	1,140	464	41
1883		< 5	--	385	45
1882		< 5	--	407	43
1881		< 5	--	329	45
1880		< 5	--	317	54

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.