Ralston
About 931 American babies have been named Ralston since 1910, most of them around 1921. In 2025 it ranked 9,714th. About 570 Ralstons are alive in the United States today, and half of them are over 29.
Popularity, 1880–2025
boys named Ralston
By the numbers
- Total US births
- 931
- Estimated living today
- 570
- Median age today
- 29
- Peak year
- 1921
- Best rank
- 1,509th
- Rank in 2025
- 9,714th
- First recorded
- 1910
How old the living Ralstons are
born that year still alive today
Of the 931 babies given the name since 1910, about 570 are alive — 61 in every hundred. The dotted line is the median: half were born before 1996 and half after.
An estimate, not a count. SSA births aged forward through SSA cohort life tables, which know nothing about who left the country or arrived in it — so for a name that mostly came to America rather than being born in it, this is a floor rather than a figure. Where you fall among living Americans.
Notable Ralstons
- Ralston Crawford (1906–1978)American artist
People named Ralston with articles in the most Wikipedia languages. Data from Wikidata (CC0).
Where Ralston is most common
Total births recorded in each state since 1910. Browse names by state.
Names of 1921
The most popular boys’ names the year Ralston peaked:
Related names
Ralston against another name
Two names on one chart, with the year one overtook the other.
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Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state baby-name files, 1880–2025. Counts include only births registered with the SSA, and names with fewer than five births in a year are not published. The living estimate applies SSA cohort life tables to those births; it counts people born in the United States, so it misses anyone who arrived later and anyone who has left.