Ralphy

Boy · recorded 1979–2012

  • 2012last recorded
  • 1995best year

Most popular in 1995.

Last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ralphy.

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Its story

Popularity since 1979

02419791987199620042012

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 10 recorded years as a table
Ralphy, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19793
19903
19912
19933
19954
19983
20013
20062
20103
20123

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ralphy isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2012
5
Rank in 2012
#12,274
How rare
1 in 379,389 boys
Since 1979
55

Ralphy was last recorded in 2012. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1995, at 4 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ralphy doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.