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Boy's nameOrigin: internationalIn Israel: hardly given today

RatzonIn Hebrew: רצון · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

Ratzon (Hebrew: רצון) is a boy's name of international origin. 60 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). Its peak year was 1956, with 6 babies.

People in Israel
60
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
—
not in the list
Peak year
1956
6 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Ratzon

In Hebrew letters the name is רצון, read right to left. Ratzon is the Latin spelling recorded in Wikidata; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Ratzon by year in Israel

How many boys out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Ratzon: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Ratzon

How do you write Ratzon in Hebrew?

Ratzon is written רצון in Hebrew. Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Ratzon?

60 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רצון: 0 women and 60 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Ratzon a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a boy's name: 100.0% of the people named רצון are men.

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.