Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Ragnar

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Strong counselor. Ancient personal name.

Pronunciation

rag-nar

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2023 (rank #1726, 96 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2539, 52 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
202552
202463
202396
202288
202186
202069
201958
201872
201756
201641

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #1219, 22 births); most recent 2025 (rank #2012, 12 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202512
202418
202314
202216
202122
202018
201920
201813
201710
201611

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #2613, 9 births); most recent 2023 (rank #3645, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
20235
20227
20219
20209
20193
20185
20177
2016–
20153
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2024 (rank #535, 5 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
20245
2023–
2022–
2021–
20203
2019–
2018–
20175
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence