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Ralph

Pronounced /ˈɹælf/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1927 · #992
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for boys:182 in 2024 (#1,148)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Ralph in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1927 with 59 babies, ranked #992.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1884.
  • 1,840 girls have been named Ralph since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Ralph per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. <0.1
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
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    Gen X
  5. <0.1
    Millennials
  6. 0
    Gen Z
  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 632 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Silent: 529 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 349 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 232 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 49 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Z: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From Middle English Radulf, from Old English Rǣdwulf (also as Raulf), from Proto-West Germanic *Rādawulf, from Proto-Germanic *Rēdawulfaz. Reinforced by similar forms brought to England, e.g. Old Norse Ráðúlfr, then in the Norman form Old French Radulf, Radulph. For the sense relating to vomiting, see ralph.

  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈɹælf/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Ralph, CC BY-SA 4.0.