Ralph

Save to PinterestDownload

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 1996 and has been recorded in 29 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 2019 with 748 babies (rank #81 that year). In 2024 it was given to 572 boys (rank #94). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

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.

8,892
Total babies (all years)
29
Years in the data
748
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Boys

Famous people named Ralph

→ See names similar to Ralph  ·  Compare Ralph with another name โ†’  ·  Popular names of the 2010s  ·  Boys names starting with R

More popular boys' names

Names ranked near Ralph in 2024

Other boys' names starting with R

Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
199647#431
199747#432
199848#442
199951#432
200040#500
200153#415
200244#497
200367#397
200472#393
200597#329
2006107#328
2007121#314
2008132#309
2009144#296
2010181#259
2011212#230
2012287#193
2013359#158
2014430#134
2015529#122
2016587#112
2017669#99
2018719#88
2019748#81
2020615#95
2021692#85
2022667#86
2023555#98
2024572#94