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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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.
Where Ramsey is popular in 1988
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#512 · 1 in 4,512
- Illinois#913 · 1 in 16,690
- Texas#1,020 · 1 in 18,014
- California#1,077 · 1 in 21,020
- New York#1,140 · 1 in 21,615
Best ever in a state: #213 in Hawaii, 1995.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #512 | 7 | 1 in 4,512 |
| Illinois | #913 | 5 | 1 in 16,690 |
| Texas | #1,020 | 8 | 1 in 18,014 |
| California | #1,077 | 12 | 1 in 21,020 |
| New York | #1,140 | 6 | 1 in 21,615 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1988
Top girls' names in 1988
Top boys' names in 1988
More about 1988
girls
1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 127,204 of them was named Ramsey, which outranked 59.7% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,321Yasmina15
- #5,321Yehudis15
- #5,321Zeinab15
- #5,598Ramsey14
- #5,598Abra14
- #5,598Adelita14
- #5,598Ahlam14
- #5,895Aaryn13
- #5,895Adair13
- #5,895Aesha13
Tied with 296 names at #5,598; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 24,542 of them was named Ramsey, which outranked 86.7% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,124Jospeh79
- #1,124Mikael79
- #1,124Montrell79
- #1,130Ramsey78
- #1,130Amit78
- #1,130Benjamen78
- #1,130Everardo78
- #1,145Bailey77
- #1,145Bruno77
- #1,145Deanthony77
Tied with 14 names at #1,130; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.