Ramsay

Where Ramsay comes from

Variant spelling of Ramsey.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ramsay
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Ramsay through the years
  1. 1922
    First appearance
    #3,872 among boys with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1948
    Peak, #3,010
    7 babies named Ramsay, its best rank.
  3. 1949
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
  4. 1998
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name. From this year on, more boys have.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Ramsay hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.