Ranger
Ranger is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 115 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1150.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2022126 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1958
- 1,409people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,409 boys have been named Ranger in the United States since 1958, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 126 births.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2010s alone account for 42%.
By decade
In 2022, its biggest year
Ranger was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.
Names that rose and fell with Ranger
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Cartierpeak 2022
- Luccapeak 2020
- Rowanpeak 2024
- Bowenpeak 2024
- Ashpeak 2023
- Musapeak 2024
- Knowledgepeak 2020
- Zaydpeak 2024
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.