Ragnar
Ragnar was the 2561st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 52 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1723rd with 97 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 931 places. More babies were named Ragnar in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,561 boys, down 518 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 52boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 202397 babies
- Total since 1880
- 787babies recorded
Ragnar popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
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| 2025 | #2,561 | 52 |
| 2020 | #2,043 | 70 |
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How popular is Ragnar, counting every spelling?
Ragnar has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Ragnar?
52 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Ragnar (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Ragnar born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 161 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Ragnar.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Ragnar?
About 800 people born in the US named Ragnar are alive today, with a median age of 5; half are between 3 and 8. That makes Ragnar a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Ragnar by state
How common Ragnar was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. In 42 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Ragnar
How popular is the name Ragnar?
Ragnar was the 2561st most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 52 babies. Its best year was 2023, when it ranked 1723rd with 97 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 931 places. More babies were named Ragnar in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Ragnar a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Ragnar in the US.
Where is Ragnar most popular?
In 2021–2025, Ragnar was most common in Oregon (0.07 per 1,000 boys), followed by California and Pennsylvania.