Ralphie
- #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Peak · boys
- 1958 · 8 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 134since 1958
Ralphie over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ralphie has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #7,679 | 10 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #8,921 | 8 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #8,166 | 9 |
| 2020 | #12,022 | 5 |
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| 2015 | #10,644 | 6 |
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| 2001 | #6,935 | 9 |
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| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
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| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
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| 1983 | #5,484 | 6 |
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| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
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| 1978 | #5,059 | 6 |
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| 1976 | #4,418 | 7 |
| 1975 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #5,227 | 5 |
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| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #3,107 | 8 |
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| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #3,033 | 8 |
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First appearance
1958
The first year at least five boys were named Ralphie! It came in at #3,033, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1959–1967, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ralphie is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Ralphie in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,308 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #7,679)
- 4,343 spots since 2020 (#12,022 → #7,679)
- 2,965 spots since 2015 (#10,644 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1958 at #3,033 (8 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 170,808
- Highest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 were named Ralphie (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #3,033 in 1958, was only 1 in 265,301 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 29.9% of all boys named Ralphie (40) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 8 | #3,033 (1958) | #3,033 |
| 1960s | 19 | #3,107 (1968) | #3,702 |
| 1970s | 31 | #3,836 (1970) | #4,667 |
| 1980s | 11 | #5,484 (1983) | #5,873 |
| 1990s | 10 | #8,236 (1991) | #8,552 |
| 2000s | 9 | #6,935 (2001) | #6,935 |
| 2010s | 6 | #10,644 (2015) | #10,644 |
| 2020s | 40 | #7,679 (2025) | #9,155 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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