# Ralf (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ralf/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 304 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 304 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 334, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1966 | 5 | 4,395 |
| 1967 | 5 | 4,411 |
| 1968 | 11 | 2,693 |
| 1969 | 6 | 4,297 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,264 |
| 1971 | 6 | 4,785 |
| 1972 | 5 | 5,558 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,811 |
| 1975 | 5 | 6,108 |
| 1976 | 6 | 5,447 |
| 1977 | 6 | 5,674 |
| 1980 | 5 | 7,043 |
| 1994 | 5 | 9,911 |
| 2015 | 5 | 13,582 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,774 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 9 | 2,248 |
| 2015 | 18 | 1,380 |
| 2016 | 12 | 1,903 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,324 |
| 2019 | 17 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 22 | 1,192 |
| 2021 | 12 | 1,860 |
| 2022 | 19 | 1,366 |
| 2023 | 12 | 1,906 |
| 2024 | 17 | 1,517 |
| 2025 | 13 | 1,897 |

## People named Ralf

- Ralf Dahrendorf, German-British sociologist, politician (1929–2009)
- Ralf Rangnick, German association football player and coach
- Ralf Fährmann, German association football player
- Ralf Hütter, German musician
- Ralf Moeller, German actor and bodybuilder
- Ralf Krewinkel, Dutch politician
- Ralf Schumann, East German sport shooter
- Ralf Mackenbach, Dutch singer, actor and physicist
- Ralf König, German comic book creator
- Ralf Falkenmayer, German football player
- Ralf, Brazilian footballer
- Ralf Schulenberg, East German footballer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.