Ralphie
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAL-fee
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #256 for boys
Ralphie is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “counsel wolf”. In 2025 it ranked 256th for boys in the UK (203 babies).
What does Ralphie mean?
Old Norse: pet form of Ralph
“counsel wolf”
A pet form of Ralph, now often given as a name in its own right.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Ralphie a girl's or a boy's name?
Ralphie is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 203 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ralphie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 256th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 203 about 1 in 1,500 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 203 boys in the UK were named Ralphie, making it the 256th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 289th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 226 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ralphie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 250 boys in the UK were given Ralphie or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #231, up from #256 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 244th in England and Wales and 647th in Scotland.
Ralphie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 203 | #256 |
| 2024 | 178 | #289 |
| 2023 | 197 | #266 |
| 2022 | 226 | #235 |
| 2021 | 178 | #293 |
| 2020 | 183 | #289 |
| 2019 | 202 | #266 |
| 2018 | 205 | #278 |
| 2017 | 177 | #321 |
| 2016 | 102 | #455 |
| 2015 | 95 | #479 |
| 2014 | 61 | #639 |
| 2013 | 65 | #603 |
| 2012 | 44 | #801 |
| 2011 | 35 | #906 |
| 2010 | 27 | #1,085 |
| 2009 | 22 | #1,214 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,558 |
| 2005 | 10 | #1,814 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
Names like Ralphie
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Vinnie, Alfie, Albie, Dougie, Rafe, Remy, Rome, Osian, Rafferty, Rory, Reuben, Theo
Other spellings of Ralphie
Names related to Ralphie
More Old Norse names
Freya, Ronnie, Eric, Astrid, Colby, 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, “Ralphie: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ralphie, updated 20 October 2026.