—2024 rank
1921peak year
403,559babies named Ralph since 1880
▼ 10%5-year trend
Ralph popularity over 145 years
🌱 Below the charts · roughly undefined% girls / NaN% boys in 2024
What does Ralph mean?
From Old Norse Rathulfr, 'wolf counsel', with rad 'counsel' and ulfr 'wolf'. The British once said it 'Rafe', a pronunciation that survives as a spelling variant.
OriginOld Norse
Syllables1
Genderboy
Styleclassic, vintage
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Famous Ralphs
- Ralph Waldo Emerson, writer
- Ralph Ellison, writer
Spellings & variants
RafeRaoul
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