The baby name Ralston is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced RAL-stən (IPA: /ˈrælstən/).
The baby name Ralston is a Male name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced RAL-stən (IPA: /ˈrælstən/).
Ralston is English, Scottish in Origin.
Ralston is a Scottish surname adopted as a given name, taken from the place of Ralston in Renfrewshire. The toponym joins -ton, Old English for enclosure or settlement, to a personal name in the Ralph/Rolf family (from Germanic Radulf/Hrodwulf, “fame-wolf”), yielding the sense “Ralph’s (or Rolf’s) farm/settlement.” Spellings in medieval records vary, reflecting Scots, Norman, and Norse influences across the region.
As a surname it appears in 13th to 15th century charters and later moved with Lowland Scots into Ulster, where forms such as Roulston and Rolston are frequent. In the United States and Canada, Ralston entered occasional given-name use in the 19th and early 20th centuries via the fashion for surnames as first names. Variant spellings include Roulston, Rolston, Raulston, and Rawlston; nicknames include Ral or Rals. Usage remains uncommon today.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KR | Boys | 0 | #27 | 1 | 897 |
| JM | 0 | #78 | 10 | 3,714 | |
| MV | Boys | 0 | #79 | 1 | 3,375 |
| JM | Boys | 0 | #166 | 112 | 6,876 |
| MY | 0 | #354 | 1 | 12,352 | |
| ZA | 0 | #469 | 6 | 14,421 | |
| CR | Boys | 0 | #510 | 1 | 10,188 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #556 | 2 | 12,905 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #575 | 1 | 12,054 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #737 | 3 | 17,960 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #741 | 3 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #806 | 1 | 18,755 |
| United States | Boys | 2024 | #885 | 8 | 7,044 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #916 | 3 | 17,948 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,001 | 1 | 16,906 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,039 | 1 | 16,750 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,117 | 62 | 25,619 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,142 | 2 | 22,615 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,182 | 1 | 25,439 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,605 | 10 | 28,008 |
Ralston is popular in 18 countries — most recent births per country:
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