Ransom
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAN-sum
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #1,688 for boys
Ransom is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “son of Rand”. In 2025 it ranked 1,688th for boys in the US (97 babies).
What does Ransom mean?
English: English surname, meaning son of Rand; also the English word
“son of Rand”
Ransom E. Olds, the car maker, founded both Oldsmobile and the REO Motor Car Company.
Is Ransom a girl's or a boy's name?
Ransom is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 97 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ransom in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,688among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 97about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 97 boys in the US were named Ransom, making it the 1,688th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,592nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 111 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Ransom than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Ransom in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ransom in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 97 | #1,688 |
| 2024 | 102 | #1,650 |
| 2023 | 105 | #1,640 |
| 2022 | 111 | #1,589 |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,635 |
| 2020 | 102 | #1,592 |
| 2019 | 74 | #1,973 |
| 2018 | 78 | #1,900 |
| 2017 | 100 | #1,605 |
| 2016 | 110 | #1,522 |
| 2015 | 103 | #1,567 |
| 2014 | 93 | #1,657 |
| 2013 | 96 | #1,604 |
| 2012 | 78 | #1,862 |
| 2011 | 70 | #1,967 |
| 2010 | 83 | #1,777 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,049 |
| 2008 | 55 | #2,344 |
| 2007 | 60 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 56 | #2,247 |
| 2005 | 51 | #2,293 |
| 2004 | 35 | #2,883 |
| 2003 | 29 | #3,181 |
| 2002 | 31 | #2,939 |
| 2001 | 28 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 43 | #2,252 |
| 1999 | 35 | #2,506 |
| 1998 | 42 | #2,154 |
| 1997 | 46 | #1,961 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 39 | #2,097 |
| 1994 | 25 | #2,842 |
| 1993 | 27 | #2,635 |
| 1992 | 23 | #2,903 |
| 1991 | 24 | #2,747 |
| 1990 | 23 | #2,774 |
| 1989 | 24 | #2,609 |
| 1988 | 22 | #2,594 |
| 1987 | 28 | #2,111 |
| 1986 | 21 | #2,508 |
| 1985 | 30 | #1,915 |
| 1984 | 25 | #2,097 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 14 | #3,107 |
| 1981 | 22 | #2,269 |
| 1980 | 14 | #3,097 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,464 |
| 1978 | 15 | #2,798 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 18 | #2,416 |
| 1975 | 12 | #3,076 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 12 | #2,855 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 23 | #1,861 |
| 1970 | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1969 | 17 | #2,045 |
| 1968 | 19 | #1,835 |
| 1967 | 27 | #1,475 |
| 1966 | 14 | #2,131 |
| 1965 | 17 | #1,917 |
| 1964 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,584 |
| 1962 | 21 | #1,756 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 20 | #1,811 |
| 1959 | 24 | #1,619 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | 36 | #1,284 |
| 1955 | 28 | #1,457 |
| 1954 | 26 | #1,495 |
| 1953 | 28 | #1,426 |
| 1952 | 32 | #1,322 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,372 |
| 1950 | 29 | #1,339 |
| 1949 | 34 | #1,226 |
| 1948 | 29 | #1,345 |
| 1947 | 30 | #1,335 |
| 1946 | 31 | #1,256 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,348 |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,482 |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,140 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,074 |
| 1941 | 37 | #1,066 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,227 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,168 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,364 |
| 1937 | 34 | #1,119 |
| 1936 | 37 | #1,051 |
| 1935 | 25 | #1,354 |
| 1934 | 24 | #1,386 |
| 1933 | 39 | #1,028 |
| 1932 | 23 | #1,465 |
| 1931 | 27 | #1,333 |
| 1930 | 48 | #976 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,026 |
| 1928 | 40 | #1,111 |
| 1927 | 38 | #1,163 |
| 1926 | 43 | #1,064 |
| 1925 | 36 | #1,184 |
| 1924 | 45 | #1,058 |
| 1923 | 44 | #1,076 |
| 1922 | 41 | #1,107 |
| 1921 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,073 |
| 1919 | 49 | #959 |
| 1918 | 45 | #996 |
| 1917 | 46 | #946 |
| 1916 | 45 | #952 |
| 1915 | 61 | #767 |
| 1914 | 40 | #855 |
| 1913 | 32 | #855 |
| 1912 | 30 | #800 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 15 | #782 |
| 1909 | 16 | #679 |
| 1908 | 15 | #685 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,199 |
| 1906 | 10 | #798 |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 9 | #810 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 14 | #582 |
| 1901 | 10 | #683 |
| 1900 | 12 | #742 |
| 1899 | 6 | #927 |
| 1898 | 8 | #803 |
| 1897 | 7 | #851 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 13 | #579 |
| 1894 | 13 | #567 |
| 1893 | 12 | #572 |
| 1892 | 14 | #547 |
| 1891 | 11 | #564 |
| 1890 | 16 | #458 |
| 1889 | 13 | #525 |
| 1888 | 10 | #648 |
| 1887 | 14 | #461 |
| 1886 | 13 | #512 |
| 1885 | 12 | #547 |
| 1884 | 12 | #547 |
| 1883 | 9 | #644 |
| 1882 | 16 | #453 |
| 1881 | 11 | #533 |
| 1880 | 5 | #909 |
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Ransom: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ransom, updated 20 October 2026.