Ralph

English from German

"wolf-counsel"

Ralph Origin and Meaning

Variation of Rafe

Ralph Rank in US Top 1000

# 951 in the US

Ralph Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 252 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Ralph

• 951 US 2018
• 252 Nameberry 2025
• 152 Unique 2024
• 94 England 2024

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Famous People Named Ralph

• Ralph George Macchio American actor
• Ralph Waldo Emerson American author
• Ralph Lauren American fashion designer
• Ralph David Richardson English actor
• Ralph Nathaniel Twistleton Wykeham Fiennes English actor
• Ralph Nader American consumer advocate and politician
• Ralph David Abernathy American civil rights leader
• Ralph Edmund Stanley American bluegrass musician
• Ralph Vaughan Williams English composer
• Ralph Bakshi American film director
• Ralph Macfadyen son of actor Matthew Macfadyen
• Ralph H. Fowler British physicist and astronomer
• Ralph Waite American actor
• Ralph Wright American animator and writer
• (William Henry) Ralph Reader British actor and Gang Show founder
• Ralph Johnson Bunche American political scientist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
• Ralph Marvin Steinman Canadian immunologist, winner of the Nobel Prize
• Ralph Neville Bishop of Chichester and Lord Chancellor of England
• Ralph George Houk American baseball player and manager
• Ralph Allen Garr American baseball player
• Ralph Moody Hall U.S. Congressman from Texas
• Ralph Abercromby Scottish general and politician
• Ralph Adams Cram American architect
• Ralph Gerald Backstrom Canadian ice hockey player
• Ralph Rexford Bellamy American actor
• Ralph Blane (born Ralph Uriah Hunsecker) American songwriter
• Ralph Theodore Joseph Branca American baseball player
• Ralph William John Brown English actor
• Ralph Jose P. Burns American songwriter and bandleader
• Ralph Byrd American actor
• Ralph Cudworth English Platonist philosopher
• Ralph Horween American NFL football player
• Ralph Phillip Klein Canadian politician, 12th Premier of Alberta
• Ralph Neville 1st Earl of Westmorland, 4th Baron Neville de Raby
• Ralph George Algernon Percy 12th Duke of Northumberland
• Vincent Ralph Pagano (b. 2015) son of Ralph Pagano
• Ralph Shearer Northam 73rd Governor of Virginia

The name Ralph in Pop Culture

• Ralph Kramden main character on TV's "The Honeymooners"
• Ralph Wiggum character on TV's "The Simpsons"
• Ralph character in William Golding's "Lord of the Flies"
• "Wreck It Ralph," 2012 Disney movie and main character
• Ralph "Ralphie" Parker main character in movie "A Christmas Story"
• Ralph Rover main character in "Coral Island" (1858) by R. M. Ballantyne
• Ralph Jones main character in 1991 movie "King Ralph"
• Ralph Dineen boy genius on TV's "Scorpion"
• "Ralph 124C 41+ " science fiction novel by Hugo Gernsback
• Ralph Theodore Guard character on animated series "Animaniacs"
• Ralph giant wolf monster in the video game "Rampage"
• Rotten Ralph children's book series by Jack Gantos
• Ralph mouse in "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" by Beverly Cleary
• Ralph E. Wolf character in Warner Bros. cartoons
• Ralph character in comic strip "Drabble" by Kevin Fagan
• Ralph Smith character in G. A. Henty's, St. George for England
• Ralph character in comic strip "Sally Forth" by Francesco Marciuliano
• Ralph Drang character on TV's "Dear John"
• Ralph Percy main character in Mary Johnston's "To Have and to Hold"
• Ralph Harcourt character in G. A. Henty's "A Knight of the White Cross"
• Randolph "Ralph" Dibny AKA Elongated Man, DC Comics superhero and character on TV's "The Flash"
• Ralph Furley aka Mr. Furley , character in the TV series "Three's Company"