How Many People Are Named Ragnar?
people named Ragnar are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 454,501 people in the US has this name
Based on 787 babies named Ragnar in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
97 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Scandinavian cognate of RAYNER.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ragnar in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ragnar alive today is about 5 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 2 and 7 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ragnar first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2023, to 97 babies. In 2025, 52 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ragnar has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,723, in 2023. In 2025 it ranked #2,561.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,561 |
| Best rank | #1,723 (2023) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,986 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ragnar alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ragnar were born in California than in any other state: about 74 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ragnar was given about 2.5 times as often in California.
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