Ranald
Ranald is a Scots and English masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name Raghnall, and a Scots version of Ronald. A short form of Ranald is Ran.
- Scottish
Meaning & Origin of Ranald
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ranald is a Scots and English masculine given name. It is an Anglicised form of the Scottish Gaelic name Raghnall, and a Scots version of Ronald. A short form of Ranald is Ran.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Scottish
The Story of Ranald
Ranald first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1914, with 9 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1959: 10 births, good for #2,663 nationwide. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 21% of all recorded Ranalds. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1988 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 111 Ranalds have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ranald
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- Raghnall
- Ronald
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About the name Ranald
Ranald is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1914 and has accumulated 111 births in the dataset. Ranald's peak popularity came in 1959 when it ranked #2,663. Use the chart and map above to compare Ranald's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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