Ransom
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #15,539 · #1,688 for boys in 2025, 97 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1882 · 16 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,859since 1880
Ransom over time
Rank among boys' names. Ransom has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,688 | 97 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,650 | 102 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,640 | 105 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,589 | 111 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,635 | 102 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,592 | 102 | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #1,974 | 74 |
| 2018 | — | #1,901 | 78 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,605 | 100 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,522 | 110 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,567 | 103 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,657 | 93 | |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #1,605 | 96 |
| 2012 | — | #1,863 | 78 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,968 | 70 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,778 | 83 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,050 | 67 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,345 | 55 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,213 | 60 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,248 | 56 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,297 | 51 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,887 | 35 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,186 | 29 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,943 | 31 | |
| 2001 | — | #3,143 | 28 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,256 | 43 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,510 | 35 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,157 | 42 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,964 | 46 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,838 | 26 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,102 | 39 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,847 | 25 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,641 | 27 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,909 | 23 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,753 | 24 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,780 | 23 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,615 | 24 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,599 | 22 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,115 | 28 | |
| 1986 | — | #2,510 | 21 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,916 | 30 | |
| 1984 | — | #2,098 | 25 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,676 | 17 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,108 | 14 | |
| 1981 | — | #2,270 | 22 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,098 | 14 | |
| 1979 | — | #2,465 | 19 | |
| 1978 | — | #2,799 | 15 | |
| 1977 | — | #2,665 | 16 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,417 | 18 | |
| 1975 | — | #3,078 | 12 | |
| 1974 | — | #2,799 | 13 | |
| 1973 | — | #2,857 | 12 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,344 | 9 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,862 | 23 | |
| 1970 | — | #3,071 | 10 | |
| 1969 | — | #2,046 | 17 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,836 | 19 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,476 | 27 | |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | — | #1,918 | 17 | |
| 1964 | — | #2,040 | 16 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,585 | 25 | |
| 1962 | — | #1,757 | 21 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,635 | 24 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,812 | 20 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,620 | 24 | |
| 1958 | — | #2,093 | 15 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,511 | 27 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,285 | 36 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,458 | 28 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,496 | 26 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,427 | 28 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,323 | 32 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,373 | 29 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,340 | 29 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,227 | 34 | |
| 1948 | — | #1,346 | 29 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,336 | 30 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,257 | 31 | |
| 1945 | — | #1,349 | 24 | |
| 1944 | — | #1,483 | 21 | |
| 1943 | — | #1,140 | 36 | |
| 1942 | — | #1,074 | 40 | |
| 1941 | — | #1,066 | 37 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,227 | 30 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,168 | 31 | |
| 1938 | — | #1,364 | 24 | |
| 1937 | — | #1,119 | 34 | |
| 1936 | — | #1,051 | 37 | |
| 1935 | — | #1,354 | 25 | |
| 1934 | — | #1,386 | 24 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,028 | 39 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,465 | 23 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,333 | 27 | |
| 1930 | — | #976 | 48 | |
| 1929 | — | #1,026 | 44 | |
| 1928 | — | #1,111 | 40 | |
| 1927 | — | #1,163 | 38 | |
| 1926 | — | #1,064 | 43 | |
| 1925 | — | #1,184 | 36 | |
| 1924 | — | #1,058 | 45 | |
| 1923 | — | #1,076 | 44 | |
| 1922 | — | #1,107 | 41 | |
| 1921 | — | #1,002 | 49 | |
| 1920 | — | #1,073 | 43 | |
| 1919 | — | #959 | 49 | |
| 1918 | — | #996 | 45 | |
| 1917 | — | #946 | 46 | |
| 1916 | — | #952 | 45 | |
| 1915 | — | #767 | 61 | |
| 1914 | — | #855 | 40 | |
| 1913 | — | #855 | 32 | |
| 1912 | — | #800 | 30 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | #782 | 15 | |
| 1909 | — | #679 | 16 | |
| 1908 | — | #685 | 15 | |
| 1907 | — | #1,200 | 6 | |
| 1906 | — | #798 | 10 | |
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #810 | 9 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #583 | 14 | |
| 1901 | — | #683 | 10 | |
| 1900 | — | #743 | 12 | |
| 1899 | — | #928 | 6 | |
| 1898 | — | #804 | 8 | |
| 1897 | — | #852 | 7 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #579 | 13 | |
| 1894 | — | #567 | 13 | |
| 1893 | — | #572 | 12 | |
| 1892 | — | #547 | 14 | |
| 1891 | — | #564 | 11 | |
| 1890 | — | #458 | 16 | |
| 1889 | — | #525 | 13 | |
| 1888 | — | #648 | 10 | |
| 1887 | — | #461 | 14 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1884 | — | #547 | 12 | |
| 1883 | — | #644 | 9 | |
| 1882 | — | #453 | 16 | |
| 1881 | — | #533 | 11 | |
| 1880 | — | #909 | 5 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Ransom was already there! It came in at #909, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1903, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ransom is popular in 2021
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Tennessee#1,017 · 1 in 7,167
- Michigan#1,131 · 1 in 8,593
- Illinois#1,296 · 1 in 10,781
- Texas#1,434 · 1 in 14,260
- California#2,214 · 1 in 31,563
Best ever in a state: #204 in Montana, 2015.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tennessee | #1,017 | 5 | 1 in 7,167 |
| Michigan | #1,131 | 5 | 1 in 8,593 |
| Illinois | #1,296 | 5 | 1 in 10,781 |
| Texas | #1,434 | 12 | 1 in 14,260 |
| California | #2,214 | 6 | 1 in 31,563 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ransom
- 38 spots since 2024 (#1,650 → #1,688)
- 96 spots since 2020 (#1,592 → #1,688)
- 121 spots since 2015 (#1,567 → #1,688)
- Biggest jump: 515 spots in 1908 (#1,200 → #685)
- Biggest drop: 402 spots in 1907 (#798 → #1,200)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1882 at #453 (16 births)
- Births halved by 1897, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 39 yrs · run 1880–1902
- Highest: 1 in 6,939 boys born in 1890 were named Ransom (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 17,609 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #453 in 1882, was only 1 in 7,105 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.2% of all boys named Ransom (885) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 115 | #453 (1882) | #578 |
| 1890s | 114 | #458 (1890) | #642 |
| 1900s | 100 | #583 (1902) | #789 |
| 1910s | 376 | #767 (1915) | #884 |
| 1920s | 423 | #1,002 (1921) | #1,086 |
| 1930s | 312 | #976 (1930) | #1,224 |
| 1940s | 312 | #1,066 (1941) | #1,251 |
| 1950s | 274 | #1,285 (1956) | #1,493 |
| 1960s | 200 | #1,476 (1967) | #1,824 |
| 1970s | 147 | #1,862 (1971) | #2,736 |
| 1980s | 217 | #1,916 (1985) | #2,501 |
| 1990s | 310 | #1,964 (1997) | #2,550 |
| 2000s | 455 | #2,050 (2009) | #2,557 |
| 2010s | 885 | #1,522 (2016) | #1,744 |
| 2020s | 619 | #1,589 (2022) | #1,632 |
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.
Ransom in 2021
Top boys' names in 2021
More about 2021
boys
1,749,482 boys got a published name in 2021; 1 in 17,152 of them was named Ransom, which outranked 88.4% of the 14,096 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,632Auden103
- #1,632Braiden103
- #1,632Tyrell103
- #1,635Ransom102
- #1,635Ayce102
- #1,635Darnell102
- #1,635Darryl102
- #1,645Adnan101
- #1,645Alek101
- #1,645Brice101
Tied with 9 names at #1,635; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.