Ralphy

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ralphy: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ralphy: Recorded since 2004, it reached #495 in 2017, and it stood at #826 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
21years from first to last
#495highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2004–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#3651
2005	#2754
2006	#3385
2007	#3589
2009	#4527
2010	#1551
2011	#878
2012	#901
2013	#751
2014	#754
2015	#692
2016	#732
2017	#495
2018	#545
2019	#549
2020	#576
2021	#605
2022	#656
2023	#679
2024	#826

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 21 years from 2004 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2004–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2004
First recorded at #3651 among boys in England and Wales in 2004 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2004–2024
Highest recorded position: #495 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 2004–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #826 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ralphy by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ralphy in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	19	5 of 10	4
2010s	479	10 of 10	48
2020sbusiest	268	5 of 10	54

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 54 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2016 and 2017, when recorded births rose by 35, from 46 to 81.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ralphy appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #495 in England and Wales in 2017.

Ralphy's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#826	39	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#679	51	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#656	53	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#605	62	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#576	63	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#549	69	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#545	69	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#495	81	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#732	46	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#692	48	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#754	42	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#751	43	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#901	33	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1551	15	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#4527	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2004 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #495, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 81 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Adamas · #495, 15y
Esmai · #495, 19y
Feliks · #495, 16y
Iza · #495, 13y

Ralphy was ranked #495 in England and Wales · Boys in 2017. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ralphy and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ralphy without appearing here.

Ralphy moved ahead of

Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #751 and #4685.
Daithi Compare
In 2011 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #901 and #4805.
Graeme Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4527 and #4527 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #878 and #4647.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #4527 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1551 and #4678.

Moved the opposite way to Ralphy

Aaron Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphy went from #3651 to #826 while Aaron went from #41 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphy went from #3651 to #826 while Adam went from #24 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphy went from #3651 to #826 while Alan went from #275 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphy went from #3651 to #826 while Alex went from #46 to #171.

Moved the same way as Ralphy

Albie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphy went from #3651 to #826 and Albie from #408 to #19.
Alfred Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphy went from #3651 to #826 and Alfred from #171 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphy went from #3651 to #826 and Archie from #45 to #10.
Arlo Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphy went from #3651 to #826 and Arlo from #875 to #15.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2004 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #495 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ralphy

Ralphy at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ralphy by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ralphy at a glance

Ralphy by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ralphy moved ahead of

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