Ramsey
#2,368 for girls in 2025, 76 births · #1,959 for boys in 2025, 78 births
Given to boys 74.5% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1980 · 109 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,602since 1894
Ramsey over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,368 | 76 | #1,959 | 78 |
| 2024 | #2,533 | 70 | #1,752 | 94 |
| 2023 | #2,090 | 92 | #1,718 | 97 |
| 2022 | #2,604 | 67 | #1,496 | 121 |
| 2021 | #1,721 | 120 | #1,372 | 134 |
| 2020 | #1,991 | 94 | #1,408 | 123 |
| 2019 | #1,850 | 109 | #1,312 | 139 |
| 2018 | #1,787 | 114 | #1,375 | 128 |
| 2017 | #1,842 | 111 | #1,207 | 152 |
| 2016 | #1,799 | 115 | #1,242 | 150 |
| 2015 | #2,259 | 83 | #1,340 | 131 |
| 2014 | #2,843 | 60 | #1,641 | 94 |
| 2013 | #3,267 | 49 | #1,405 | 119 |
| 2012 | #3,040 | 55 | #1,562 | 101 |
| 2011 | #3,173 | 52 | #1,516 | 105 |
| 2010 | #3,360 | 48 | #1,612 | 97 |
| 2009 | #3,800 | 41 | #1,618 | 98 |
| 2008 | #3,584 | 45 | #1,452 | 113 |
| 2007 | #3,653 | 44 | #1,496 | 106 |
| 2006 | #3,469 | 46 | #1,391 | 114 |
| 2005 | #2,359 | 75 | #1,266 | 123 |
| 2004 | #2,965 | 53 | #1,394 | 102 |
| 2003 | #3,590 | 39 | #1,233 | 117 |
| 2002 | #3,523 | 38 | #1,244 | 109 |
| 2001 | #3,142 | 44 | #1,415 | 88 |
| 2000 | #4,185 | 29 | #1,220 | 110 |
| 1999 | #3,970 | 29 | #1,374 | 86 |
| 1998 | #3,015 | 42 | #1,092 | 118 |
| 1997 | #2,622 | 48 | #976 | 134 |
| 1996 | #3,942 | 27 | #1,265 | 87 |
| 1995 | #5,019 | 19 | #987 | 126 |
| 1994 | #3,790 | 28 | #1,053 | 112 |
| 1993 | #3,681 | 29 | #1,196 | 88 |
| 1992 | #5,484 | 17 | #1,105 | 99 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #934 | 129 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 | #1,072 | 98 |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | #1,082 | 94 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | #1,130 | 78 |
| 1987 | #6,335 | 11 | #884 | 112 |
| 1986 | #3,459 | 25 | #958 | 91 |
| 1985 | #4,126 | 19 | #927 | 96 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 | #863 | 104 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #924 | 91 |
| 1982 | #5,209 | 13 | #914 | 96 |
| 1981 | #4,963 | 14 | #851 | 107 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #847 | 109 |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #871 | 100 |
| 1978 | #5,958 | 10 | #1,040 | 70 |
| 1977 | #4,652 | 14 | #933 | 83 |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #1,067 | 61 |
| 1975 | — | #1,127 | 56 | |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #988 | 69 |
| 1973 | — | #1,068 | 58 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #1,210 | 46 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #1,254 | 44 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #1,142 | 52 |
| 1969 | — | #1,231 | 41 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,026 | 52 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,253 | 36 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,178 | 40 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #1,483 | 27 |
| 1964 | — | #1,311 | 36 | |
| 1963 | — | #1,513 | 27 | |
| 1962 | — | #2,279 | 13 | |
| 1961 | — | #1,823 | 20 | |
| 1960 | — | #1,552 | 27 | |
| 1959 | — | #1,759 | 21 | |
| 1958 | — | #1,557 | 25 | |
| 1957 | — | #1,791 | 20 | |
| 1956 | — | #1,642 | 23 | |
| 1955 | — | #1,902 | 17 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,956 | 16 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,551 | 24 | |
| 1952 | — | #1,615 | 22 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,598 | 22 | |
| 1950 | — | #1,941 | 15 | |
| 1949 | — | #1,872 | 16 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,115 | 13 | |
| 1947 | — | #1,850 | 17 | |
| 1946 | — | #1,759 | 17 | |
| 1945 | — | #2,743 | 7 | |
| 1944 | — | #2,633 | 8 | |
| 1943 | — | #2,074 | 13 | |
| 1942 | — | #2,145 | 12 | |
| 1941 | — | #2,491 | 9 | |
| 1940 | — | #1,802 | 15 | |
| 1939 | — | #1,712 | 16 | |
| 1938 | — | #2,185 | 11 | |
| 1937 | — | #2,479 | 9 | |
| 1936 | — | #2,301 | 10 | |
| 1935 | — | #2,396 | 10 | |
| 1934 | — | #3,277 | 6 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,905 | 14 | |
| 1932 | — | #2,191 | 12 | |
| 1931 | — | #3,390 | 6 | |
| 1930 | — | #3,289 | 7 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,589 | 10 | |
| 1928 | — | #2,843 | 9 | |
| 1927 | — | #2,408 | 12 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,436 | 12 | |
| 1925 | — | #2,193 | 14 | |
| 1924 | — | #2,132 | 15 | |
| 1923 | — | #2,020 | 16 | |
| 1922 | — | #2,347 | 13 | |
| 1921 | — | #2,632 | 11 | |
| 1920 | — | #2,765 | 10 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,391 | 7 | |
| 1918 | — | #2,398 | 12 | |
| 1917 | — | #2,091 | 14 | |
| 1916 | — | #2,152 | 13 | |
| 1915 | — | #2,310 | 11 | |
| 1914 | — | #2,457 | 8 | |
| 1913 | — | #2,273 | 7 | |
| 1912 | — | #2,045 | 7 | |
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | #1,589 | 5 | |
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| 1894 | — | #857 | 7 | |
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| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Ramsey! It came in at #857, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1895–1911, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
See more about Ramsey
- 207 spots since 2024 (#1,752 → #1,959)
- 551 spots since 2020 (#1,408 → #1,959)
- 619 spots since 2015 (#1,340 → #1,959)
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1997 (#1,265 → #976)
- Biggest drop: 278 spots in 1996 (#987 → #1,265)
- Debuted 1894
- Peaked 1980 at #847 (109 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 15 yrs · run 1979–1987
- Highest: 1 in 12,177 boys born in 2017 were named Ramsey (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 21,898 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #847 in 1980, was only 1 in 16,367 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.4% of all boys named Ramsey (1,216) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | #857 (1894) | #857 |
| 1900s | 0 | — | — |
| 1910s | 84 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,301 |
| 1920s | 122 | #2,020 (1923) | #2,437 |
| 1930s | 101 | #1,712 (1939) | #2,513 |
| 1940s | 127 | #1,759 (1946) | #2,148 |
| 1950s | 205 | #1,551 (1953) | #1,731 |
| 1960s | 319 | #1,026 (1968) | #1,465 |
| 1970s | 639 | #871 (1979) | #1,070 |
| 1980s | 978 | #847 (1980) | #938 |
| 1990s | 1,077 | #934 (1991) | #1,105 |
| 2000s | 1,080 | #1,220 (2000) | #1,373 |
| 2010s | 1,216 | #1,207 (2017) | #1,421 |
| 2020s | 647 | #1,372 (2021) | #1,618 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ramsey in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
Top boys' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 32,019 of them was named Ramsey, which outranked 84.4% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,006Ripley56
- #3,006Simona56
- #3,006Vaishnavi56
- #3,040Ramsey55
- #3,040Adysen55
- #3,040Alyah55
- #3,040Ameena55
- #3,094Adalynne54
- #3,094Adrielle54
- #3,094Ailey54
Tied with 53 names at #3,040; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,896,946 boys got a published name in 2012; 1 in 18,782 of them was named Ramsey, which outranked 89.0% of the 14,250 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,551Raylen102
- #1,551Shepherd102
- #1,551Yoel102
- #1,562Ramsey101
- #1,562Abdirahman101
- #1,562Adiel101
- #1,562Gerson101
- #1,575Ahmir100
- #1,575Cam100
- #1,575Carlton100
Tied with 12 names at #1,562; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.