Raman
- Last seen for boys in 2024 at #12,349
- Peak · boys
- 1973 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 332since 1958
Raman over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Raman has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,349 | 5 |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #10,605 | 6 |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,696 | 7 |
| 2016 | #9,664 | 7 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #8,781 | 8 |
| 2013 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #10,808 | 6 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #8,915 | 8 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,055 | 9 |
| 2001 | #7,536 | 8 |
| 2000 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #8,110 | 6 |
| 1996 | #5,187 | 11 |
| 1995 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #5,002 | 11 |
| 1992 | #5,660 | 9 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #4,786 | 9 |
| 1987 | #4,573 | 9 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #3,884 | 10 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #6,262 | 5 |
| 1980 | #3,615 | 11 |
| 1979 | #3,810 | 10 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,606 | 10 |
| 1976 | #4,012 | 8 |
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| 1973 | #2,513 | 15 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
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| 1970 | #4,724 | 5 |
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| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
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First appearance
1958
The first year at least five boys were named Raman! It came in at #3,944, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1958–1971, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Raman is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Raman in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1958
- Peaked 1973 at #2,513 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1974, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 103,905
- Highest: 1 in 103,905 boys born in 1973 were named Raman (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 344,578 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 26.8% of all boys named Raman (89) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,944 (1958) | #3,944 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 54 | #2,513 (1973) | #3,851 |
| 1980s | 89 | #2,972 (1982) | #4,693 |
| 1990s | 60 | #5,002 (1993) | #7,053 |
| 2000s | 57 | #7,055 (2002) | #9,222 |
| 2010s | 49 | #8,744 (2015) | #9,731 |
| 2020s | 18 | #9,763 (2023) | #10,906 |
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.
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