Ralphie

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ralphie: Recorded since 2002, it reached #226 in 2022, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
24years from first to last
#226highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 2002–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#3225
2004	#1732
2005	#1716
2006	#1545
2007	#1666
2008	#1457
2009	#1133
2010	#1029
2011	#878
2012	#765
2013	#565
2014	#583
2015	#438
2016	#420
2017	#288
2018	#258
2019	#254
2020	#262
2021	#266
2022	#226
2023	#248
2024	#263

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 22 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

In 2024: #263 among boys in England and Wales, #785 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2002–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #3225 among boys in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #226 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Ralphie appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 22 years beginning in 2002, and has registered 2,004 births with the name.

Ralphie 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.

Ralphie'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	#3225 (2002)	#226 (2022)	#263 (2024)	22 of 23	2,004 (2002–2024)	217 (2022)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#741 (2020)	#741 (2020)	#829 (2025)	3 of 6	9 (2020–2025)	3 (2020)

Ralphie 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 Ralphie in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	83	7 of 10	12
2010s	984	10 of 10	98
2020sbusiest	937	5 of 10	187

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 187 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2016 and 2017, when recorded births rose by 74, from 100 to 174.

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

Ralphie 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 3 regions, from 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #226 in England and Wales in 2022.

Ralphie'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	#263	178	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#248	192	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#226	217	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#266	172	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#262	178	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#254	193	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#258	198	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#288	174	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#420	100	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#438	93	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#583	61	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#565	63	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#765	42	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#878	33	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1029	27	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1133	22	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1545	12	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1716	10	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1732	9	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#418	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#785	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#741	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 2002 and 2025, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #226, first reached in 2022.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 217 births, registered in England and Wales in 2022.

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

A second registrar first ranked it in 2019, and 18 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.

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Raluca · #660, 15y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Chelsie · #227, 27y
Meaghan · #227, 25y
Seanna · #227, 26y
Kirstin · #229, 18y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

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

Brooks · #227, 13y
Arn · #229, 20y
Mylie · #229, 19y
Sofija · #221, 23y

Ralphie was ranked #226 in England and Wales · Boys in 2022. 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.

Ralphie 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 Ralphie without appearing here.

Ralphie moved ahead of

Isak Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1666 and #1440 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1457 and #3687.
Leif Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1666 and #1578 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1457 and #3687.
Espen Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3225 and #3225 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2005 that had become #1716 and #3849.
Henrik Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3225 and #2636 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #1732 and #3651.

Moved the opposite way to Ralphie

Aaron Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphie went from #3225 to #263 while Aaron went from #36 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphie went from #3225 to #263 while Adam went from #17 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphie went from #3225 to #263 while Alan went from #239 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphie went from #3225 to #263 while Alex went from #42 to #171.

Moved the same way as Ralphie

Albie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphie went from #3225 to #263 and Albie from #722 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphie went from #3225 to #263 and Alfie from #49 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphie went from #3225 to #263 and Alfred from #142 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ralphie went from #3225 to #263 and Archie from #55 to #10.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 3 regions, from 2002 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #226 in England and Wales in 2022. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ralphie

Ralphie at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ralphie across 2 official records

Ralphie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ralphie appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Ralphie

Ralphie and the names beside it

Ralphie moved ahead of

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Ralphie at a glance

Ralphie across 2 official records

Ralphie by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ralphie appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Names published alongside Ralphie

Ralphie and the names beside it

Ralphie moved ahead of

Moved the opposite way to Ralphie

Moved the same way as Ralphie