Ransom
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About Ransom
The name Ransom is currently ranked #984 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #464 in 1882. It is currently rising in popularity. The name is most popular in RANSOM, RANSOM, and RANSOM. Ransom is occasionally used for girls in 2019.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,664 | 93 | 48.4 |
| 2015 | #1,576 | 103 | 53.7 |
| 2016 | #1,530 | 110 | 58 |
| 2017 | #1,609 | 100 | 54 |
| 2018 | #1,914 | 78 | 42.9 |
| 2019 | #1,993 | 74 | 41.2 |
| 2020 | #1,597 | 102 | 59.1 |
| 2021 | #1,642 | 102 | 58.3 |
| 2022 | #1,594 | 111 | 63.6 |
| 2023 | #1,645 | 105 | 61.4 |
| 2024 | #1,668 | 101 | 58.6 |
| 2025 | #1,695 | 97 | 56.8 |
World rankings
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Famous Ransoms
- Ransom Riggs
American novelist
- Ransom Eli Olds
American automaker; founder of Oldsmobile
- Ransom Aldrich "Ram" Myers
American biologist
- Ransom Asa Moore
American agronomist
- Ransom Wilson
American flutist
- Ransom Ashley
photographer and actor
- Stewart Ransom "Rhett" Miller
lead singer of American band The Old 97s
- Bodhi Ransom Green
son of American actors Megan Fox and Brian Austin Green
- Cody Ransom
American baseball player
- Terrell Louis Ransom
Jr., American actor
Ransom in pop culture
- Elwin Ransom
main character in the "Space Trilogy" by C.S. Lewis
- Ransom Stoddard
character in "The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance"
- Justin "Ransom" Oluransi
character in the web comic "Check, Please!"
- Hugh Ransom Drysdale
known as Ransom, from the film "Knives Out"
