Ralph is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #2134 for boy births in the United States, given to 211 babies. Ralph first appears in the data in 1880 and reached its peak in 1921 (8,902 births). The chart below shows how the name has risen and fallen over time.
| Year | U.S. births | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 211 | #2,134 |
| 2024 | 183 | #2,379 |
| 2023 | 169 | #2,497 |
| 2022 | 184 | #2,399 |
| 2021 | 186 | #2,337 |
| 2020 | 180 | #2,343 |
| 2019 | 203 | #2,190 |
| 2018 | 219 | #2,061 |
| 2017 | 185 | #2,315 |
| 2016 | 205 | #2,182 |
| 2015 | 186 | #2,319 |
| 2014 | 193 | #2,254 |
| 2013 | 194 | #2,217 |
| 2012 | 180 | #2,344 |
| 2011 | 208 | #2,107 |
| 2010 | 205 | #2,128 |
| 2009 | 211 | #2,120 |
| 2008 | 248 | #1,892 |
| 2007 | 239 | #1,937 |
| 2006 | 278 | #1,696 |
| 2005 | 258 | #1,704 |
| 2004 | 270 | #1,597 |
| 2003 | 300 | #1,466 |
| 2002 | 314 | #1,393 |
| 2001 | 319 | #1,348 |
| 2000 | 342 | #1,262 |
| 1999 | 343 | #1,226 |
| 1998 | 333 | #1,251 |
| 1997 | 364 | #1,148 |
| 1996 | 415 | #1,050 |
| 1995 | 413 | #1,051 |
| 1994 | 422 | #1,042 |
| 1993 | 520 | #910 |
| 1992 | 499 | #939 |
| 1991 | 562 | #862 |
| 1990 | 608 | #807 |
| 1989 | 662 | #728 |
| 1988 | 634 | #722 |
| 1987 | 730 | #634 |
| 1986 | 734 | #616 |
| 1985 | 758 | #598 |
| 1984 | 781 | #581 |
| 1983 | 851 | #528 |
| 1982 | 949 | #506 |
| 1981 | 904 | #525 |
| 1980 | 1,047 | #479 |
| 1979 | 1,090 | #456 |
| 1978 | 1,091 | #433 |
| 1977 | 1,266 | #388 |
| 1976 | 1,169 | #406 |
| 1975 | 1,357 | #362 |
| 1974 | 1,378 | #360 |
| 1973 | 1,576 | #331 |
| 1972 | 1,686 | #330 |
| 1971 | 2,001 | #309 |
| 1970 | 2,269 | #298 |
| 1969 | 2,433 | #267 |
| 1968 | 2,346 | #263 |
| 1967 | 2,575 | #252 |
| 1966 | 2,807 | #241 |
| 1965 | 3,237 | #226 |
| 1964 | 3,579 | #224 |
| 1963 | 3,947 | #214 |
| 1962 | 4,197 | #207 |
| 1961 | 4,466 | #204 |
| 1960 | 4,787 | #191 |
| 1959 | 5,067 | #180 |
| 1958 | 5,475 | #165 |
| 1957 | 5,732 | #159 |
| 1956 | 6,064 | #147 |
| 1955 | 5,981 | #143 |
| 1954 | 6,328 | #131 |
| 1953 | 6,530 | #124 |
| 1952 | 6,486 | #119 |
| 1951 | 6,541 | #111 |
| 1950 | 6,421 | #109 |
| 1949 | 6,762 | #103 |
| 1948 | 6,935 | #101 |
| 1947 | 7,409 | #99 |
| 1946 | 6,609 | #95 |
| 1945 | 5,803 | #90 |
| 1944 | 6,289 | #85 |
| 1943 | 6,782 | #80 |
| 1942 | 6,654 | #79 |
| 1941 | 6,055 | #81 |
| 1940 | 5,865 | #76 |
| 1939 | 5,980 | #70 |
| 1938 | 6,032 | #71 |
| 1937 | 5,942 | #69 |
| 1936 | 6,057 | #67 |
| 1935 | 6,122 | #66 |
| 1934 | 6,316 | #65 |
| 1933 | 6,221 | #65 |
| 1932 | 6,759 | #63 |
| 1931 | 7,005 | #55 |
| 1930 | 7,679 | #55 |
| 1929 | 7,773 | #53 |
| 1928 | 8,156 | #49 |
| 1927 | 8,493 | #48 |
| 1926 | 8,499 | #50 |
| 1925 | 8,510 | #50 |
| 1924 | 8,810 | #48 |
| 1923 | 8,671 | #46 |
| 1922 | 8,540 | #48 |
| 1921 | 8,902 | #47 |
| 1920 | 8,598 | #47 |
| 1919 | 7,754 | #52 |
| 1918 | 8,192 | #49 |
| 1917 | 7,421 | #51 |
| 1916 | 7,117 | #54 |
| 1915 | 6,840 | #51 |
| 1914 | 5,022 | #53 |
| 1913 | 3,988 | #56 |
| 1912 | 3,449 | #57 |
| 1911 | 1,681 | #85 |
| 1910 | 1,285 | #104 |
| 1909 | 1,096 | #105 |
| 1908 | 1,144 | #94 |
| 1907 | 997 | #106 |
| 1906 | 989 | #98 |
| 1905 | 938 | #104 |
| 1904 | 899 | #103 |
| 1903 | 812 | #107 |
| 1902 | 873 | #104 |
| 1901 | 687 | #111 |
| 1900 | 896 | #113 |
| 1899 | 747 | #105 |
| 1898 | 803 | #108 |
| 1897 | 702 | #109 |
| 1896 | 746 | #106 |
| 1895 | 741 | #105 |
| 1894 | 697 | #106 |
| 1893 | 636 | #110 |
| 1892 | 725 | #101 |
| 1891 | 595 | #103 |
| 1890 | 592 | #107 |
| 1889 | 500 | #119 |
| 1888 | 553 | #113 |
| 1887 | 463 | #114 |
| 1886 | 440 | #119 |
| 1885 | 422 | #119 |
| 1884 | 469 | #111 |
| 1883 | 385 | #119 |
| 1882 | 407 | #113 |
| 1881 | 329 | #116 |
| 1880 | 317 | #129 |