Ransom is an uncommon boys' name that has climbed to its highest level yet, peaking in 2022.
Ransom is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #1,695 for boy births in the United States (and #3,618 across all names), given to 97 babies. Ransom first appears in 1880 and peaked in 2022 (111 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | 97 | — | #1,695 |
| 2024 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,659 |
| 2023 | 105 | 105 | — | #1,647 |
| 2022 | 111 | 111 | — | #1,594 |
| 2021 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,643 |
| 2020 | 102 | 102 | — | #1,598 |
| 2019 | 79 | 79 | #17,439 | #1,993 |
| 2018 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,915 |
| 2017 | 100 | 100 | — | #1,610 |
| 2016 | 110 | 110 | — | #1,530 |
| 2015 | 103 | 103 | — | #1,576 |
| 2014 | 93 | 93 | — | #1,664 |
| 2013 | 101 | 101 | #18,689 | #1,609 |
| 2012 | 78 | 78 | — | #1,876 |
| 2011 | 70 | 70 | — | #1,983 |
| 2010 | 83 | 83 | — | #1,791 |
| 2009 | 67 | 67 | — | #2,067 |
| 2008 | 55 | 55 | — | #2,370 |
| 2007 | 60 | 60 | — | #2,231 |
| 2006 | 56 | 56 | — | #2,276 |
| 2005 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,321 |
| 2004 | 35 | 35 | — | #2,942 |
| 2003 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,254 |
| 2002 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,000 |
| 2001 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,209 |
| 2000 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,286 |
| 1999 | 35 | 35 | — | #2,544 |
| 1998 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,188 |
| 1997 | 46 | — | — | #1,989 |
| 1996 | 26 | — | — | #2,892 |
| 1995 | 39 | — | — | #2,130 |
| 1994 | 25 | — | — | #2,922 |
| 1993 | 27 | — | — | #2,680 |
| 1992 | 23 | — | — | #2,980 |
| 1991 | 24 | — | — | #2,806 |
| 1990 | 23 | — | — | #2,851 |
| 1989 | 24 | — | — | #2,671 |
| 1988 | 22 | — | — | #2,665 |
| 1987 | 28 | — | — | #2,162 |
| 1986 | 21 | — | — | #2,586 |
| 1985 | 30 | — | — | #1,957 |
| 1984 | 25 | — | — | #2,144 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | — | #2,765 |
| 1982 | 14 | — | — | #3,249 |
| 1981 | 22 | — | — | #2,318 |
| 1980 | 14 | — | — | #3,211 |
| 1979 | 19 | — | — | #2,538 |
| 1978 | 15 | — | — | #2,893 |
| 1977 | 16 | — | — | #2,758 |
| 1976 | 18 | — | — | #2,483 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | — | #3,198 |
| 1974 | 13 | — | — | #2,909 |
| 1973 | 12 | — | — | #2,979 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | — | #3,546 |
| 1971 | 23 | — | — | #1,900 |
| 1970 | 10 | — | — | #3,234 |
| 1969 | 17 | — | — | #2,113 |
| 1968 | 19 | — | — | #1,885 |
| 1967 | 27 | — | — | #1,497 |
| 1966 | 14 | — | — | #2,193 |
| 1965 | 17 | — | — | #1,977 |
| 1964 | 16 | — | — | #2,095 |
| 1963 | 25 | — | — | #1,621 |
| 1962 | 21 | — | — | #1,794 |
| 1961 | 24 | — | — | #1,677 |
| 1960 | 20 | — | — | #1,848 |
| 1959 | 24 | — | — | #1,657 |
| 1958 | 15 | — | — | #2,153 |
| 1957 | 27 | — | — | #1,538 |
| 1956 | 36 | — | — | #1,295 |
| 1955 | 28 | — | — | #1,478 |
| 1954 | 26 | — | — | #1,520 |
| 1953 | 28 | — | — | #1,450 |
| 1952 | 32 | — | — | #1,342 |
| 1951 | 29 | — | — | #1,398 |
| 1950 | 29 | — | — | #1,358 |
| 1949 | 34 | — | — | #1,248 |
| 1948 | 29 | — | — | #1,375 |
| 1947 | 30 | — | — | #1,356 |
| 1946 | 31 | — | — | #1,276 |
| 1945 | 24 | — | — | #1,372 |
| 1944 | 21 | — | — | #1,515 |
| 1943 | 36 | — | — | #1,152 |
| 1942 | 40 | — | — | #1,085 |
| 1941 | 37 | — | — | #1,086 |
| 1940 | 30 | — | — | #1,247 |
| 1939 | 31 | — | — | #1,189 |
| 1938 | 24 | — | — | #1,394 |
| 1937 | 34 | — | — | #1,141 |
| 1936 | 37 | — | — | #1,066 |
| 1935 | 25 | — | — | #1,388 |
| 1934 | 24 | — | — | #1,420 |
| 1933 | 39 | — | — | #1,047 |
| 1932 | 23 | — | — | #1,501 |
| 1931 | 27 | — | — | #1,355 |
| 1930 | 48 | — | — | #988 |
| 1929 | 44 | — | — | #1,042 |
| 1928 | 40 | — | — | #1,119 |
| 1927 | 38 | — | — | #1,174 |
| 1926 | 43 | — | — | #1,087 |
| 1925 | 36 | — | — | #1,197 |
| 1924 | 45 | — | — | #1,067 |
| 1923 | 44 | — | — | #1,083 |
| 1922 | 41 | — | — | #1,118 |
| 1921 | 49 | — | — | #1,007 |
| 1920 | 43 | — | — | #1,085 |
| 1919 | 49 | — | — | #969 |
| 1918 | 45 | — | — | #1,007 |
| 1917 | 46 | — | — | #957 |
| 1916 | 45 | — | — | #961 |
| 1915 | 61 | — | — | #771 |
| 1914 | 40 | — | — | #865 |
| 1913 | 32 | — | — | #869 |
| 1912 | 30 | — | — | #815 |
| 1911 | 13 | — | — | #968 |
| 1910 | 15 | — | — | #813 |
| 1909 | 16 | — | — | #705 |
| 1908 | 15 | — | — | #705 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | — | #1,310 |
| 1906 | 10 | — | — | #840 |
| 1905 | 8 | — | — | #988 |
| 1904 | 9 | — | — | #863 |
| 1902 | 14 | — | — | #609 |
| 1901 | 10 | — | — | #718 |
| 1900 | 12 | — | — | #775 |
| 1899 | 6 | — | — | #1,030 |
| 1898 | 8 | — | — | #872 |
| 1897 | 7 | — | — | #918 |
| 1896 | 14 | — | — | #582 |
| 1895 | 13 | — | — | #601 |
| 1894 | 13 | — | — | #590 |
| 1893 | 12 | — | — | #602 |
| 1892 | 14 | — | — | #568 |
| 1891 | 11 | — | — | #582 |
| 1890 | 16 | — | — | #480 |
| 1889 | 13 | — | — | #544 |
| 1888 | 10 | — | — | #688 |
| 1887 | 14 | — | — | #480 |
| 1886 | 13 | — | — | #533 |
| 1885 | 12 | — | — | #572 |
| 1884 | 12 | — | — | #565 |
| 1883 | 9 | — | — | #671 |
| 1882 | 16 | — | — | #464 |
| 1881 | 11 | — | — | #558 |
| 1880 | 5 | — | — | #1,032 |