Ram — #2134 US boys' name
1,074 babies named Ram in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to boys today.
32% of everyone ever named Ram was born in this single decade.
69 babies were named Ram in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ram
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,074 babies named Ram between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ram currently holds the #2134 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 69 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ram performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 349 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ram shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 73 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New Jersey. In total, SSA state-level files list Ram in 8 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ram in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,074 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ram at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ram popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2024)
- 69
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #2134 among boys.
1,074 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 69 births in a single year.
Ram by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 349 births that decade — 32% of Ram's all-time total
Ram decade highlights
- Peak decade 349 births
- Runner-up 230 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ram's strongest decade
349 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Ram by state
Where Ram concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 73 | 6.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 57 | 5.3% |
| #3 | New Jersey | | 12 | 1.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 10 | 0.9% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.6% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 5 | 0.5% |
73 of 1,074 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.8% of nationwide
- Texas 5.3% of nationwide
- New Jersey 1.1% of nationwide
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 8 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.