Ragnar is a distinctive choice, ranked #2014 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Ragnar in their class.
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UK Rank 2025
#2014
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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 rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Ragnar in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Ragnar
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.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Ragnar
Unlikely. With around 12 UK babies named Ragnar per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Ragnar in their class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Ragnar is declining: down 635 places since 2020, to #2,014 in 2025. It peaked at #1,218 in 2021.
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 Þórhallsson and Ragnar Jónasson. Short summaries for each appear below.
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.
12
UK babies named Ragnar (2025)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.0
In a school of 600
↓ 635 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
Almost certainly the only Ragnar in the class
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UK Popularity (2014–2025)
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 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.