Ramsey
Ramsey is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 94 births. Its best rank was 849th, in 1980.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 940.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 2017152 births
- Best rank
- #849in 1980
- Since 1894
- 8,707people given the name
The story in the numbers
6,524 boys have been named Ramsey in the United States since 1894, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2017, with 152 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1996, and the 2010s alone account for 19%. It has spent 15 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Ramsey is used for both sexes: 25% of its bearers are girls (2,183), most of them born around 2021.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ramsey | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 7 | |
| 1910s | 84 | |
| 1920s | 122 | |
| 1930s | 101 | |
| 1940s | 127 | |
| 1950s | 205 | |
| 1960s | 319 | |
| 1970s | 639 | |
| 1980s | 978 | |
| 1990s | 1,077 | |
| 2000s | 1,080 | |
| 2010s | 1,216 | |
| 2020s | 569 |
In 2017, its biggest year
Ramsey was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2017 were Liam, Noah, William, James and Logan. See all of 2017.
Names that rose and fell with Ramsey
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rafaelpeak 2006
- Lazaropeak 2004
- Charlestonpeak 2015
- Johannespeak 2019
- Kendrickpeak 2013
- Jansonpeak 2016
- Alonpeak 2022
- Andreaspeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.