Ragnar
About Ragnar
An fearsome old Norse name with a long history in Scandinavia. It's gotten a boost in the States from popularity of the History Channel drama "Vikings," in which the protagonist is named Ragnar. Ragnar Lodbrok (meaning "shaggy pants") was a legendary warrior whose story was told in the Viking sagas. Ragnar also recalls name of the Norse Judgment Day, Ragnarök.
Pronounced as RAHNG-nahr in Swedish and RAK-nar in Iceland, it combines the elements reign meaning "advice, counsel" and herr meaning "warrior, army". International forms of the name include the English Rayner and the French Rainier
Pronounced RAG-nar.
As of October 2026, Ragnar ranked #2561 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1732 in 2023.
Editor's take: The name Ragnar is a boy's name of Scandinavian, Norse origin meaning "powerful army; wise warrior; counsel from the army".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | #3,491 | 32 | 16.7 |
| 2016 | #2,923 | 41 | 21.6 |
| 2017 | #2,334 | 56 | 30.3 |
| 2018 | #2,023 | 72 | 39.6 |
| 2019 | #2,353 | 58 | 32.3 |
| 2020 | #2,059 | 69 | 40 |
| 2021 | #1,822 | 86 | 49.2 |
| 2022 | #1,834 | 88 | 50.4 |
| 2023 | #1,732 | 96 | 56.1 |
| 2024 | #2,272 | 63 | 36.6 |
| 2025 | #2,561 | 52 | 30.4 |
World rankings
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Ragnar on lists
Famous Ragnars
- Ragnar Þórhallsson
Icelandic musician of band Of Monsters and Men
- Ragnar Klavan
Estonian footballer
- Ragnar Sigurðsson
Icelandic footballer
- Ragnar Hovland
Norwegian novelist
- Ragnar Arthur Granit
Finnish,Swedish physiologist
- Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch
Norwegian economist who coined "macro/microeconomics"
Ragnar in pop culture
- Ragnar Lodbrok
a legendary Norse ruler and hero from the Viking Age and main character in the 2013 TV series "Vikings"
- Ragnar Danneskjold
character in Ayn Rand's "Atlas Shrugged"
- In Norse mythology
Ragnarök is a series of future events.
- Ragnarok
freeware roguelike video game for DOS
- Ragnar the Red
a song from the video game "Skyrim"
- Ragnar McRyan
character in video game 'Dragon Quest IV: Chapters of the Chosen'
- Ragnar Volarus
character in Pierce Brown's Red Rising trilogy