Ragnar is a boy's name of Scandinavian origin meaning “counsel and army.” In 2024 it was given to 63 boys in the United States.
Ragnar belongs to the Scandinavian tradition. Its meaning — “counsel and army” — is the sense carried by its Scandinavian roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ragnar first appears in Social Security records in 1915. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #1732 in 2023, and in 2024 63 babies received the name — 733 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ragnar means “counsel and army” in its Scandinavian roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ragnar is a boy name. In 2024, 63 babies received the name in the US.
Ragnar comes from the Scandinavian tradition.
Ragnar first appears in US records in 1915. Its best-ever ranking was #1732 in 2023, and 63 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. England & Wales figures are from the Office for National Statistics. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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