Rama
- #10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
- Given to girls 80.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1897 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,130since 1897
Rama over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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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 | #10,917 | 8 | #7,194 | 11 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #8,989 | 11 | #6,897 | 12 |
| 2022 | #10,383 | 9 | #6,828 | 12 |
| 2021 | #13,464 | 6 | #8,825 | 8 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #7,025 | 16 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #9,151 | 11 | #8,154 | 9 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | — | |
| 2016 | #5,985 | 21 | — | |
| 2015 | #6,036 | 21 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #6,451 | 19 | — | |
| 2013 | #4,336 | 33 | #10,728 | 6 |
| 2012 | #4,216 | 35 | #8,864 | 8 |
| 2011 | #4,244 | 34 | — | |
| 2010 | #4,107 | 36 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #6,544 | 20 | — | |
| 2008 | #7,742 | 16 | — | |
| 2007 | #5,526 | 25 | — | |
| 2006 | #5,906 | 22 | — | |
| 2005 | #4,267 | 32 | — | |
| 2004 | #5,555 | 22 | — | |
| 2003 | #5,795 | 20 | — | |
| 2002 | #4,498 | 27 | — | |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 | — | |
| 2000 | #4,649 | 25 | — | |
| 1999 | #4,201 | 27 | — | |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #5,840 | 10 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 | — | |
| 1996 | #5,280 | 18 | #7,971 | 6 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 | — | |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | #8,117 | 5 | |
| 1989 | — | #6,941 | 6 | |
| 1988 | — | #7,270 | 5 | |
| 1987 | — | — | ||
| 1986 | — | — | ||
| 1985 | — | #4,333 | 9 | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | — | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | — | |
| 1982 | — | #6,385 | 5 | |
| 1981 | — | #4,961 | 7 | |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | — | |
| 1979 | — | #5,355 | 6 | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #3,215 | 12 |
| 1977 | — | #3,606 | 10 | |
| 1976 | — | #2,946 | 13 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #3,428 | 10 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #2,459 | 16 |
| 1973 | — | #3,223 | 10 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #7,070 | 6 | #3,071 | 10 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | — | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | — | |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,809 | 6 | — | |
| 1965 | #5,289 | 7 | — | |
| 1964 | #6,009 | 6 | — | |
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | #5,293 | 7 | — | |
| 1961 | #5,851 | 6 | — | |
| 1960 | #5,168 | 7 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,827 | 11 | — | |
| 1958 | — | — | ||
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 | — | |
| 1956 | #4,837 | 7 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | — | |
| 1953 | #3,955 | 9 | — | |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,393 | 10 | — | |
| 1948 | #2,329 | 18 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,061 | 12 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,665 | 8 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,132 | 9 | — | |
| 1944 | #2,511 | 13 | — | |
| 1943 | #2,447 | 14 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,986 | 10 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,572 | 11 | — | |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,579 | 11 | — | |
| 1937 | #2,940 | 9 | — | |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | — | |
| 1933 | #2,540 | 11 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,587 | 12 | — | |
| 1928 | #2,497 | 13 | — | |
| 1927 | #4,286 | 6 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,269 | 9 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 | — | |
| 1923 | — | — | ||
| 1922 | — | — | ||
| 1921 | #4,464 | 6 | — | |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,452 | 8 | — | |
| 1918 | — | — | ||
| 1917 | — | — | ||
| 1916 | — | — | ||
| 1915 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1914 | — | — | ||
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | — | — | ||
| 1911 | — | — | ||
| 1910 | — | — | ||
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | — | — | ||
| 1907 | — | — | ||
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | #1,793 | 5 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | — | — | ||
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | — | — | ||
| 1897 | #1,555 | 5 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | — | ||
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
First appearance
1897
The first year at least five girls were named Rama! It came in at #1,555, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1897–1914, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rama is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Rama in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Rama
Momentum · girls
Rising
- 4,750 spots since 2024 (#6,167 → #10,917)
- 4,171 spots since 2020 (#15,088 → #10,917)
- 4,881 spots since 2015 (#6,036 → #10,917)
Rise & fade · girls
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1897
- Peaked 1897 at #1,555 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1898, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 46,840
- Highest: 1 in 46,840 girls born in 1897 were named Rama (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 21.0% of all girls named Rama (237) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2025
- Mostly girls until 2024, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,555 (1897) | #1,555 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,793 (1902) | #1,793 |
| 1910s | 15 | #3,434 (1915) | #3,443 |
| 1920s | 70 | #2,497 (1928) | #3,529 |
| 1930s | 83 | #2,187 (1934) | #3,062 |
| 1940s | 113 | #2,329 (1948) | #2,935 |
| 1950s | 92 | #2,889 (1954) | #3,804 |
| 1960s | 58 | #5,168 (1960) | #5,770 |
| 1970s | 35 | #7,070 (1970) | #7,881 |
| 1980s | 20 | #7,418 (1980) | #8,615 |
| 1990s | 113 | #4,201 (1999) | #8,276 |
| 2000s | 226 | #4,267 (2005) | #5,680 |
| 2010s | 237 | #4,107 (2010) | #6,089 |
| 2020s | 58 | #6,167 (2024) | #10,835 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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