Ralph

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Primarily a boy's name · 100% boys

Origin: German

Meaning

Ralph is a male name of English origin, derived from the Old English Rรฆdwulf and Old High German Radulf, cognate with the Old Norse Raรฐulfr. The most common forms are: Ralph, the common variant form in English, which takes either of the given pronunciations.

From Wikipedia

Ralph first appears in the data in 1991 and has been recorded in 34 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1997 with 40 babies (rank #501 that year). In 2024 it was given to 12 boys (rank #1,795). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Ralph

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Ralph yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

848
Total babies (all years)
34
Years in the data
40
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199127#600
199225#656
199327#620
199430#554
199525#706
199629#630
199740#501
199836#535
199934#562
200034#563
200130#637
200230#636
200330#647
200438#578
200526#778
200621#943
200722#935
200812#1,497
200924#934
201027#860
201126#868
201212#1,560
201317#1,202
201433#756
201529#830
201625#938
201717#1,265
201825#943
201923#1,010
202022#1,046
202112#1,666
202213#1,588
202315#1,428
202412#1,795