How Many People Are Named Ransom?
people named Ransom are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 109,476 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,869 babies named Ransom in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
111 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Ransom (99.7%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ransom alive today is about 26 years old, and 67% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ransom first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2022, to 111 babies. In 2025, 97 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ransom has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #464, in 1882. In 2025 it ranked #1,695.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,695 |
| Best rank | #464 (1882) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,746 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ransom alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ransom were born in Texas than in any other state: about 269 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ransom was given 8.1 times as often in North Carolina, 3.1 times in Texas and 2.7 times in Tennessee.
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