boys:
670 births since 1915
#3917 (15th percentile)
overall:
670 births since 1915
#7069 (9th percentile)
The name Ragnar is the #7,069 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 670 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 8.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 8.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,917 (14.5% percentile) for all time with 670 births since 1915.
Ragnar first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (first recorded for boys in 1915). Birth data for Ragnar is available in 18 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Ragnar reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 10.0% percentile (ranked #820) with 52 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 52 births per million (ranked 10.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2013, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ragnar is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #820 (10.0% percentile) with 52 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ragnar".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ragnar. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 52.8% confident that Ragnar is pronounced as RAG-nahr, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAG-ner, at 36.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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