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Baby name
Ralph
Boy
Origin of the name
Ralph comes from the Old Norse Ráðúlfr, made of ráð, “counsel,” and úlfr, “wolf.” It is the English form of the French Raoul.
Classic name
414,018births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 23rank at its peak, in 1921
Where babies named Ralph are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Ralph is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Ralph is most common in West Virginia (2.1 times), Maine (1.9) and Vermont (1.7), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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