Ranulph

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ranulph: Recorded since 1999, it reached #1,649 in 2009, and it stood at #2,921 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
20times a registrar ranked it
26years from first to last
#1649highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1999–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1999	#2943
2005	#2754
2006	#4052
2007	#3589
2008	#4432
2009	#1649
2010	#3865
2012	#2721
2013	#2055
2014	#3362
2015	#2707
2016	#2335
2017	#2052
2018	#2445
2019	#2728
2020	#4608
2021	#4789
2022	#1879
2023	#2325
2024	#2921

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 26 years from 1999 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1999–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1999
First recorded at #2943 among boys in England and Wales in 1999 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded1999–2024
Highest recorded position: #1649 among boys in England and Wales, in 2009 (recorded 1999–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2921 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ranulph 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 Ranulph in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	28	5 of 10	6
2010sbusiest	68	9 of 10	8
2020s	34	5 of 10	7

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

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

Ranulph 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 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1649 in England and Wales in 2009.

Ranulph'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	#2921	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#2325	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1879	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#4608	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#2728	7	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2445	8	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2052	11	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#3362	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2055	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#2721	7	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1649	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#3589	4	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2754	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#2943	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 1999 and 2024, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,649, first reached in 2009.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 13 births, registered in England and Wales in 2009.

Its record falls into 3 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 5 years.

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.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
13 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years10 to 19 unbroken years →
3separate stretches the record falls into3 separate stretches →
5 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#2,921position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
13births registered in its largest year, 2009Under 25 births →

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.

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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 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

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Teilo · #1651, 23y
Haseena · #1646, 24y

Ranulph 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 Ranulph without appearing here.

Ranulph moved ahead of

Ole Compare
In 2021 they stood at #4789 and #3017 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2022 that had become #1879 and #4789.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #4052 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1649 and #4527.
Glenn Compare
In 2022 they stood at #4789 and #2730 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #4991.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2325 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2921 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Ranulph

Matheo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1879 and #2018 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #2325 and #1363.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2052 and #3040 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #2445 and #1786.

Moved the same way as Ranulph

Brooke Compare
Between 1999 and 2020 in England and Wales · Boys, Ranulph went from #2943 to #4608 and Brooke from #1664 to #4608.

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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1999 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1649 in England and Wales in 2009. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ranulph

Ranulph at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ranulph by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ranulph appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ranulph and the names beside it

Ranulph moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ranulph

Moved the same way as Ranulph

Ranulph at a glance

Ranulph by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ranulph appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ranulph and the names beside it

Ranulph moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ranulph

Moved the same way as Ranulph