Ragnar
#2,539 for boys in 2025, 52 births
- Peak · boys
- 2023 · 97 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 787since 1915
Ragnar over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ragnar has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
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| Year | boys | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,539 | 52 |
| 2024 | #2,261 | 63 |
| 2023 | #1,718 | 97 |
| 2022 | #1,826 | 88 |
| 2021 | #1,815 | 86 |
| 2020 | #2,024 | 70 |
| 2019 | #2,339 | 58 |
| 2018 | #2,017 | 72 |
| 2017 | #2,319 | 56 |
| 2016 | #2,885 | 41 |
| 2015 | #3,431 | 32 |
| 2014 | #4,866 | 19 |
| 2013 | #8,118 | 9 |
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| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
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| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
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| 1918 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #2,389 | 11 |
| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
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First appearance
1915
The first year at least five boys were named Ragnar! It came in at #3,825, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1919–2012, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 278 spots since 2024 (#2,261 → #2,539)
- 515 spots since 2020 (#2,024 → #2,539)
- 892 spots since 2015 (#3,431 → #2,539)
Rise & fade · boys
108 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1915
- Peaked 2023 at #1,718 (97 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,635
- Highest: 1 in 17,635 boys born in 2023 were named Ragnar (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 32,848 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
- 57.9% of all boys named Ragnar (456) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
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| 1910s | 29 | #2,389 (1916) | #3,290 |
| 1920s | 0 | — | — |
| 1930s | 0 | — | — |
| 1940s | 0 | — | — |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 5 | #4,039 (1964) | #4,039 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,101 (1973) | #5,101 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 292 | #2,017 (2018) | #4,783 |
| 2020s | 456 | #1,718 (2023) | #2,031 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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