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 1955 and has been recorded in 60 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1977 with 258 babies (rank #76 that year). It was not in the 2017 data. 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.

5,724
Total babies (all years)
60
Years in the data
258
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
195517#381
195613#441
195717#388
195827#322
195928#322
196027#336
196120#397
196240#287
196347#270
196449#279
196564#235
196679#212
196793#190
196899#183
1969122#165
1970127#160
1971130#152
1972123#153
1973163#118
1974237#77
1975249#75
1976237#80
1977258#76
1978243#80
1979215#89
1980178#110
1981171#109
1982148#127
1983152#123
1984178#109
1985160#120
1986162#117
1987144#138
1988133#138
198996#181
1990101#181
199181#219
199267#262
199384#225
199458#288
199546#334
199661#284
199769#258
199869#262
199955#321
200069#260
200162#285
200262#290
200377#240
200463#271
200568#258
200652#298
200760#249
200843#328
200950#292
201031#386
201141#313
201242#299
201334#334
201433#335