Ralfs

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ralfs: Recorded since 2008, its highest recorded position is #601, and it stood at #3,523 in 2023.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
16years from first to last
#601highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 2010–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2010	#1620
2011	#4647
2012	#1852
2013	#2403
2014	#2459
2015	#1786
2016	#3478
2017	#2052
2018	#4749
2019	#3937
2020	#3334
2021	#3990
2023	#3523

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 13 of the 14 years from 2010 to 2023.

In 2018: #749 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4749 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 2008–2023 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2008
First recorded at #601 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 2008 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2018
Highest recorded position: #601 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 2008–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2023
Most recently recorded at #3523 among boys in England and Wales, in 2023.
England and Wales · Boys

Ralfs appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 13 ranked years and 95 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 2008.

Ralfs across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ralfs's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#1620 (2010)	#1620 (2010)	#3523 (2023)	13 of 14	95 (2010–2023)	14 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#601 (2008)	#601 (2008)	#749 (2018)	6 of 11	20 (2008–2018)	4 (2008)

Ralfs appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #601 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Ralfs'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
2023	England and Wales	male	#3523	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#4749	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#3478	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2459	8	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#4647	3	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#749	3	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#699	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 2008 and 2023, ranked in 14 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #601, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 14 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 2 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

Ralf · #1192, 27y
Ralfie · #1828, 19y
Ralph · #81, 52y
Ralphie · #226, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, 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.

Artyom · #601, 11y
Emanuele · #601, 12y
Matus · #601, 14y
Radu · #601, 17y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Emanuele · #601, 12y
Maksym · #601, 21y
Matus · #601, 14y
Radu · #601, 17y

Ralfs was ranked #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. 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.

Ralfs 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 Ralfs without appearing here.

Ralfs moved ahead of

Einar Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3937 and #3411 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #3990 and #4789.
Geoffrey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3990 and #1860 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3523 and #4107.
Nicola Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3937 and #3013 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #3848.

Moved ahead of Ralfs

Braxton Compare
In 2010 they stood at #1620 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #4647 and #1398.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2052 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #1786.
Barry Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2052 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2259.
Gustav Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2052 and #2512 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #4749 and #2259.

Moved the opposite way to Ralfs

Aksel Compare
Between 2010 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralfs went from #1620 to #3523 while Aksel went from #3332 to #1461.
Albie Compare
Between 2010 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralfs went from #1620 to #3523 while Albie went from #288 to #22.
Alfred Compare
Between 2010 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralfs went from #1620 to #3523 while Alfred went from #154 to #76.
Archie Compare
Between 2010 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralfs went from #1620 to #3523 while Archie went from #24 to #13.

Moved the same way as Ralfs

Aaron Compare
Between 2010 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralfs went from #1620 to #3523 and Aaron from #55 to #146.
Alan Compare
Between 2010 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralfs went from #1620 to #3523 and Alan from #205 to #464.
Alex Compare
Between 2010 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralfs went from #1620 to #3523 and Alex from #52 to #152.
Alexander Compare
Between 2010 and 2023 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralfs went from #1620 to #3523 and Alexander from #21 to #34.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 2008 to 2023. Highest recorded position: #601 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Ralfs

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Ralfs across 2 official records

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