Masculine dossier · first seen 1880

Ralph

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ralph
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.9% from peak

Peak era

1921

Peak rank proxy

8,860

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Greatest Generation

1880Peak 19212024

Peak year

1921

Decline from peak

97.9%

2024

182

All-time

413,799

Ralph once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1921, when 8,860 boys were named Ralph.

In 2024, only 182 boys were given the name.

Down 97.9% from its peak.

All told, about 413,799 Americans have been named Ralph and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGreatest Generation

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.9% from peak

19218,860 boys named Ralph

2024182 boys named Ralph

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