Ranger: name meaning, origin & popularity
- Meaning
- “forest guardian”
- Origin
- English
- Say it
- RAYN-jer · 2 syllables
- Used for
- Boys
From the English occupational word ranger, originally for a keeper who ranged over woodland or parkland. It is a transferred word name in modern use.
How popular is Ranger?
Babies named Ranger in 2024115
2024 rank#1,529 boys
Peak year2022
Total US babies since 18801,409
Ranger is rising: use over the last five years is 2.9× what it was a decade earlier.
Names like Ranger
Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.
Ranger questions
What does the name Ranger mean?
Ranger means "forest guardian". It comes from English. From the English occupational word ranger, originally for a keeper who ranged over woodland or parkland. It is a transferred word name in modern use.
Is Ranger a boy or girl name?
Ranger is mainly a boy's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).
How popular is Ranger?
115 US babies were named Ranger in 2024. Its peak year was 2022.
How do you pronounce Ranger?
Ranger is usually pronounced RAYN-jer.
Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.