Ralph
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Ralph
Ralph has two diametrically different images: there's the suave Ralph Fiennes-type Brit (often pronounced Rafe), and then there's the Jackie Gleason blue-collar, bowling blowhard Ralph Kramden bus driver. It's all in the eye of the beholder, though its hip factor did rise when it was chosen for his son by cool U.K. actor Matthew Macfadyen.
Ralph for boys#1048 US
Ralph is a name that's been around for a thousand years, was in the Top 30 from the 1870s to the 1920s, and just could make a comeback. It's already in the UK Top 100.
Ralph has a number of notable namesakes, from Ralph Waldo Emerson to Ralph Abernathy to Ralph Lauren. In literature, Ralph is a Shakespearean name, appearing in Henry IV, is a pivotal figure in Henry James's The Portrait of a Lady and Ralph was one of the three main boys in Lord of the Flies. And let's not forget Ralphie in A Christmas Story.
Or you might prefer the French version--Raoul.
Ralph for girls
Ralph makes a clunky cute vintage choice for a boy, but what about for a girl? It did appear in the US stats in the early half of the 20th-century — likely, at least in some case, due to data entry errors — and it hasn't featured 1990. Still, it has been spotted on 2026 birthday announcements, so watch this space, potentially?
Pronounced RALF; RAYF.
As of October 2026, Ralph ranked #1048 for boys in US births in 2025 and #14641 for girls in US births in 1990 SSA, peaked at #21 for boys in 1917 and #949 for girls in 1929, Nameberry popularity #446 for boys.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,042 | 193 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #1,067 | 186 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #996 | 205 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #1,070 | 185 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #950 | 219 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #1,025 | 203 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #1,101 | 180 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #1,110 | 186 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #1,142 | 183 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #1,196 | 168 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #1,152 | 182 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #1,048 | 211 | — | 0 |
World rankings
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Ralph on lists
Famous Ralphs
- Ralph George MacchioBoy
American actor
- Ralph Waldo EmersonBoy
American author
- Ralph LaurenBoy
American fashion designer
- Ralph David RichardsonBoy
English actor
- Ralph Nathaniel Twistleton Wykeham FiennesBoy
English actor
- Ralph NaderBoy
American consumer advocate and politician
- Ralph David AbernathyBoy
American civil rights leader
- Ralph Edmund StanleyBoy
American bluegrass musician
- Ralph Vaughan WilliamsBoy
English composer
- Ralph BakshiBoy
American film director
- Ralph MacfadyenBoy
son of actor Matthew Macfadyen
- Ralph H. FowlerBoy
British physicist and astronomer
- Ralph WaiteBoy
American actor
- Ralph WrightBoy
American animator and writer
- (William Henry) Ralph ReaderBoy
British actor and Gang Show founder
- Ralph Johnson BuncheBoy
American political scientist, winner of the Nobel Peace Prize
- Ralph Marvin SteinmanBoy
Canadian immunologist, winner of the Nobel Prize
- Ralph NevilleBoy
Bishop of Chichester and Lord Chancellor of England
- Ralph George HoukBoy
American baseball player and manager
- Ralph Allen GarrBoy
American baseball player
- Ralph Moody HallBoy
U.S. Congressman from Texas
- Ralph AbercrombyBoy
Scottish general and politician
- Ralph Adams CramBoy
American architect
- Ralph Gerald BackstromBoy
Canadian ice hockey player
- Ralph Rexford BellamyBoy
American actor
- Ralph Blane (born Ralph Uriah Hunsecker)Boy
American songwriter
- Ralph Theodore Joseph BrancaBoy
American baseball player
- Ralph William John BrownBoy
English actor
- Ralph Jose P. BurnsBoy
American songwriter and bandleader
- Ralph ByrdBoy
American actor
- Ralph CudworthBoy
English Platonist philosopher
- Ralph HorweenBoy
American NFL football player
- Ralph Phillip KleinBoy
Canadian politician, 12th Premier of Alberta
- Ralph NevilleBoy
1st Earl of Westmorland, 4th Baron Neville de Raby
- Ralph George Algernon PercyBoy
12th Duke of Northumberland
- Vincent Ralph Pagano (b. 2015)Boy
son of Ralph Pagano
- Ralph Shearer NorthamBoy
73rd Governor of Virginia
Ralph in pop culture
- Ralph KramdenBoy
main character on TV's "The Honeymooners"
- Ralph WiggumBoy
character on TV's "The Simpsons"
- RalphBoy
character in William Golding's "Lord of the Flies"
- "WreckBoy
It Ralph," 2012 Disney movie and main character
- Ralph "Ralphie" ParkerBoy
main character in movie "A Christmas Story"
- Ralph RoverBoy
main character in "Coral Island" (1858) by R. M. Ballantyne
- Ralph JonesBoy
main character in 1991 movie "King Ralph"
- Ralph DineenBoy
boy genius on TV's "Scorpion"
- "Ralph 124C 41+Boy
" science fiction novel by Hugo Gernsback
- Ralph Theodore GuardBoy
character on animated series "Animaniacs"
- RalphBoy
giant wolf monster in the video game "Rampage"
- Rotten RalphBoy
children's book series by Jack Gantos
- RalphBoy
mouse in "The Mouse and the Motorcycle" by Beverly Cleary
- Ralph E. WolfBoy
character in Warner Bros. cartoons
- RalphBoy
character in comic strip "Drabble" by Kevin Fagan
- Ralph SmithBoy
character in G. A. Henty's, St. George for England
- RalphBoy
character in comic strip "Sally Forth" by Francesco Marciuliano
- Ralph DrangBoy
character on TV's "Dear John"
- Ralph PercyBoy
main character in Mary Johnston's "To Have and to Hold"
- Ralph HarcourtBoy
character in G. A. Henty's "A Knight of the White Cross"
- Randolph "Ralph" DibnyBoy
AKA Elongated Man, DC Comics superhero and character on TV's "The Flash"
- Ralph FurleyBoy
aka Mr. Furley , character in the TV series "Three's Company"