Meaning not yet researched.
Ransom: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 97 in 2025. Its best rank was #464 in 1882.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #464 in 1882; #1,695 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ransom in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,695 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1882, at #464.
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Ransom: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 97 boys in 2025. Peak: #464 in 1882 · most boys in one year: 111 (2022).
In 2025, 97 US boys were named Ransom, making it the 1,695th most common boys’ name of the year, down 36 places from #1,659 in 2024. That is 5 fewer than the 102 boys named Ransom in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #464, reached in 1882. The most boys given the name in a single year was 111, in 2022. For comparison, it was #1,576 in 2015 and #1,358 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ransom in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 4,869 US babies have been given the name, 0.2% of them girls and 99.7% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 895 babies named Ransom.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 981 US boys were named Ransom; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 111. In 2025 that was about 1 in 17,609 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ransom ranked highest in Kentucky in 2025, at #788 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Rarer spellings such as Ransome are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ransome (152).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Ransom in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 46 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kentucky | 5 | #788 | — |
| Tennessee | 7 | #906 | — |
| North Carolina | 6 | #1,246 | — |
| Texas | 11 | #1,628 | #1,345 |
| California | 7 | #2,163 | #1,835 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 97 | #1,695 |
| 2024 | — | — | 102 | #1,659 |
| 2023 | — | — | 105 | #1,647 |
| 2022 | — | — | 111 | #1,594 |
| 2021 | — | — | 102 | #1,643 |
| 2020 | — | — | 102 | #1,598 |
| 2019 | 5 | #17,439 | 74 | #1,993 |
| 2018 | — | — | 78 | #1,915 |
| 2017 | — | — | 100 | #1,610 |
| 2016 | — | — | 110 | #1,530 |
| 2015 | — | — | 103 | #1,576 |
| 2014 | — | — | 93 | #1,664 |
| 2013 | 5 | #18,689 | 96 | #1,609 |
| 2012 | — | — | 78 | #1,876 |
| 2011 | — | — | 70 | #1,983 |
| 2010 | — | — | 83 | #1,791 |
| 2009 | — | — | 67 | #2,067 |
| 2008 | — | — | 55 | #2,370 |
| 2007 | — | — | 60 | #2,231 |
| 2006 | — | — | 56 | #2,276 |
| 2005 | — | — | 51 | #2,321 |
| 2004 | — | — | 35 | #2,942 |
| 2003 | — | — | 29 | #3,254 |
| 2002 | — | — | 31 | #3,000 |
| 2001 | — | — | 28 | #3,209 |
| 2000 | — | — | 43 | #2,286 |
| 1999 | — | — | 35 | #2,544 |
| 1998 | — | — | 42 | #2,188 |
| 1997 | — | — | 46 | #1,989 |
| 1996 | — | — | 26 | #2,892 |
| 1995 | — | — | 39 | #2,130 |
| 1994 | — | — | 25 | #2,922 |
| 1993 | — | — | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1992 | — | — | 23 | #2,980 |
| 1991 | — | — | 24 | #2,806 |
| 1990 | — | — | 23 | #2,851 |
| 1989 | — | — | 24 | #2,671 |
| 1988 | — | — | 22 | #2,665 |
| 1987 | — | — | 28 | #2,162 |
| 1986 | — | — | 21 | #2,586 |
| 1985 | — | — | 30 | #1,957 |
| 1984 | — | — | 25 | #2,144 |
| 1983 | — | — | 17 | #2,765 |
| 1982 | — | — | 14 | #3,249 |
| 1981 | — | — | 22 | #2,318 |
| 1980 | — | — | 14 | #3,211 |
| 1979 | — | — | 19 | #2,538 |
| 1978 | — | — | 15 | #2,893 |
| 1977 | — | — | 16 | #2,758 |
| 1976 | — | — | 18 | #2,483 |
| 1975 | — | — | 12 | #3,198 |
| 1974 | — | — | 13 | #2,909 |
| 1973 | — | — | 12 | #2,979 |
| 1972 | — | — | 9 | #3,546 |
| 1971 | — | — | 23 | #1,900 |
| 1970 | — | — | 10 | #3,234 |
| 1969 | — | — | 17 | #2,113 |
| 1968 | — | — | 19 | #1,885 |
| 1967 | — | — | 27 | #1,497 |
| 1966 | — | — | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1965 | — | — | 17 | #1,977 |
| 1964 | — | — | 16 | #2,095 |
| 1963 | — | — | 25 | #1,621 |
| 1962 | — | — | 21 | #1,794 |
| 1961 | — | — | 24 | #1,677 |
| 1960 | — | — | 20 | #1,848 |
| 1959 | — | — | 24 | #1,657 |
| 1958 | — | — | 15 | #2,153 |
| 1957 | — | — | 27 | #1,538 |
| 1956 | — | — | 36 | #1,295 |
| 1955 | — | — | 28 | #1,478 |
| 1954 | — | — | 26 | #1,520 |
| 1953 | — | — | 28 | #1,450 |
| 1952 | — | — | 32 | #1,342 |
| 1951 | — | — | 29 | #1,398 |
| 1950 | — | — | 29 | #1,358 |
| 1949 | — | — | 34 | #1,248 |
| 1948 | — | — | 29 | #1,375 |
| 1947 | — | — | 30 | #1,356 |
| 1946 | — | — | 31 | #1,276 |
| 1945 | — | — | 24 | #1,372 |
| 1944 | — | — | 21 | #1,515 |
| 1943 | — | — | 36 | #1,152 |
| 1942 | — | — | 40 | #1,085 |
| 1941 | — | — | 37 | #1,086 |
| 1940 | — | — | 30 | #1,247 |
| 1939 | — | — | 31 | #1,189 |
| 1938 | — | — | 24 | #1,394 |
| 1937 | — | — | 34 | #1,141 |
| 1936 | — | — | 37 | #1,066 |
| 1935 | — | — | 25 | #1,388 |
| 1934 | — | — | 24 | #1,420 |
| 1933 | — | — | 39 | #1,047 |
| 1932 | — | — | 23 | #1,501 |
| 1931 | — | — | 27 | #1,355 |
| 1930 | — | — | 48 | #988 |
| 1929 | — | — | 44 | #1,042 |
| 1928 | — | — | 40 | #1,119 |
| 1927 | — | — | 38 | #1,174 |
| 1926 | — | — | 43 | #1,087 |
| 1925 | — | — | 36 | #1,197 |
| 1924 | — | — | 45 | #1,067 |
| 1923 | — | — | 44 | #1,083 |
| 1922 | — | — | 41 | #1,118 |
| 1921 | — | — | 49 | #1,007 |
| 1920 | — | — | 43 | #1,085 |
| 1919 | — | — | 49 | #969 |
| 1918 | — | — | 45 | #1,007 |
| 1917 | — | — | 46 | #957 |
| 1916 | — | — | 45 | #961 |
| 1915 | — | — | 61 | #771 |
| 1914 | — | — | 40 | #865 |
| 1913 | — | — | 32 | #869 |
| 1912 | — | — | 30 | #815 |
| 1911 | — | — | 13 | #968 |
| 1910 | — | — | 15 | #813 |
| 1909 | — | — | 16 | #705 |
| 1908 | — | — | 15 | #705 |
| 1907 | — | — | 6 | #1,310 |
| 1906 | — | — | 10 | #840 |
| 1905 | — | — | 8 | #988 |
| 1904 | — | — | 9 | #863 |
| 1902 | — | — | 14 | #609 |
| 1901 | — | — | 10 | #718 |
| 1900 | — | — | 12 | #775 |
| 1899 | — | — | 6 | #1,030 |
| 1898 | — | — | 8 | #872 |
| 1897 | — | — | 7 | #918 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #582 |
| 1895 | — | — | 13 | #601 |
| 1894 | — | — | 13 | #590 |
| 1893 | — | — | 12 | #602 |
| 1892 | — | — | 14 | #568 |
| 1891 | — | — | 11 | #582 |
| 1890 | — | — | 16 | #480 |
| 1889 | — | — | 13 | #544 |
| 1888 | — | — | 10 | #688 |
| 1887 | — | — | 14 | #480 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #533 |
| 1885 | — | — | 12 | #572 |
| 1884 | — | — | 12 | #565 |
| 1883 | — | — | 9 | #671 |
| 1882 | — | — | 16 | #464 |
| 1881 | — | — | 11 | #558 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #1,032 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).