Ralfie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAL-fee
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Ralfie is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “counsel wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Ralfie mean?
Old Norse: spelling of Ralphie; pet form of Ralph
“counsel wolf”
A pet form of Ralph, now often given as a name in its own right.
Meaning borrowed from Ralphie. More on Wiktionary.
Is Ralfie a girl's or a boy's name?
Ralfie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ralfie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,065th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Ralfie, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,502nd. Its busiest year was 2008, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ralfie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 250 boys in the UK were given Ralfie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #231, up from #5,065 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Ralfie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 10 | #2,257 |
| 2020 | 5 | #3,502 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,234 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,306 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,214 |
| 2015 | 5 | #3,527 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #3,572 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 11 | #1,930 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
Names like Ralfie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronnie, Reggie, Freddie, Archie, Frankie, Ollie, Albie, Vinnie, Reuben, Alfie, Roman, Ralph
Other spellings of Ralfie
Names related to Ralfie
More Old Norse names
Freya, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica, Raife, Ivar, Gunnar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ralfie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ralfie, updated 20 October 2026.