Ragnar is a distinctive choice, ranked #1460 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Ragnar in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#1460
About the Name Ragnar
Ragnar has seen a notable decline in recent years, dropping 81 places in five years. It was most popular in 2021 at #1218 — parents choosing it today are making a deliberately counter-trend decision. The name has been recorded in UK data since 2014.
Ragnar is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ragnar
Unlikely. With around 18 UK babies named Ragnar per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ragnar in his class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ragnar has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 81 places in the last five years. Its peak was #1218 in 2021. Choosing it now means he is likely to be among the last of his generation with this name.
Ragnar is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Ragnar include: Ragnar Oratmangoen — Ragnar Anthonius Maria Oratmangoen is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Dender.; Ragnar Þórhallsson — Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson is an Icelandic musician.; Ragnar Jónasson — Ragnar Jónasson is an Icelandic author of crime fiction..
Ragnar does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Ragnars in the wild.
18
UK babies named Ragnar (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 81 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Ragnar
Likely around 1 other Ragnar in the class
UK Popularity (2014–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
✨ Similar names to Ragnar
Names with a similar style — each with their own classroom story
Ragnar Anthonius Maria Oratmangoen is a professional footballer who plays as a winger or an attacking midfielder for Belgian Pro League club Dender. Born in the Netherlands, he represents the Indonesia national team.
Ragnar "Raggi" Þórhallsson is an Icelandic musician. He is the lead vocalist and guitarist, along with Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, of the Icelandic indie folk band Of Monsters and Men.
Ragnar Jónasson is an Icelandic author of crime fiction. He is the author of the bestselling Dark Iceland series, set in and around Siglufjörður, and featuring Detective Ari Thor.
Ragnar Halvorsen was a Norwegian businessman and organizational leader. Halvorsen was born in Fredrikstad to Alf Ragnvald Halvorsen and Ellen Fredrikke Jensen, and married Anna Ødegård in 1949.
Ragnar Magne Vik was a Norwegian sailor who competed in the 1920 Summer Olympics. He was a crew member of the Norwegian boat Sildra, which won the gold medal in the 8 metre class.
Ragnar Anton Kittil Frisch was an influential Norwegian economist and econometrician known for being one of the major contributors to establishing economics as a quantitative and statistically informed science in the early 20th century. He coined the term econometrics in 1926 for utilising statistical methods to describe economic systems, as well as the terms microeconomics and macroeconomics in 1933, for describing individual and aggregate economic systems, respectively.