Ragnar
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAG-nar
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,087 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #2,539 for boys
Ragnar is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “counsel, warrior”. In 2025 it ranked 2,087th for boys in the UK (12 babies) and 2,539th for boys in the US (52 babies).
What does Ragnar mean?
Old Norse: from Ragnarr
“counsel, warrior”
Ragnar Lodbrok was a legendary Viking hero whose sons are said to have led the Great Heathen Army into England.
Is Ragnar a girl's or a boy's name?
Ragnar is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 boys in the UK and 52 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ragnar in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,087among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 25,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 12 boys in the UK were named Ragnar, making it the 2,087th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,317th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 24 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Ragnar than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Ragnar in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,011th in England and Wales.
Ragnar in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #2,087 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,263 |
| 2023 | 16 | #1,643 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,561 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,227 |
| 2020 | 21 | #1,317 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,302 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 15 | #1,738 |
| 2016 | 12 | #2,007 |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 5 | #3,529 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 1 | #6,218 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Ragnar in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,539among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 52about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 52 boys in the US were named Ragnar, making it the 2,539th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,024th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 97 boys. It first appears in the records in 1915.
2025 had fewer boys named Ragnar than any year since 2016.
Half of all the boys named Ragnar in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ragnar in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 52 | #2,539 |
| 2024 | 63 | #2,261 |
| 2023 | 97 | #1,718 |
| 2022 | 88 | #1,826 |
| 2021 | 86 | #1,815 |
| 2020 | 70 | #2,024 |
| 2019 | 58 | #2,338 |
| 2018 | 72 | #2,016 |
| 2017 | 56 | #2,318 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 32 | #3,430 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #4,038 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 6 | #3,727 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
Names like Ragnar
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ragnar: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ragnar, updated 20 October 2026.