Unisex name · since 1911
Ramah
276 babies named Ramah in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,640 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,865 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 276
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
276 babies have been named Ramah since 1911, making it today's #6865 unisex name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ramah has been recorded 276 times among girls since 1911, currently ranked #6865 nationally and more common than 60% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 2025.
- #16,640 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,865 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 276 born since 1911
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ramah ranks #16,640 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,865 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 276 born since 1911, peaking in the 1920s.
- #16,640 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,865 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 276
- born since 1911
- 1920s
- peak decade
Ramah's 276 recorded births place it above 76.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Ramah compares
276 43rd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Ramah's all-time total is 27% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Ramah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 276 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 16 | 21 | 19,840 |
Ramah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ramah splits its recorded history at 1941: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1911 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 16 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ramah popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 115 years of records
Ramah popularity over time - boys
18 total births recorded since 2017 (Ramah as boys' name)
Ramah by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (67 births, 24% of the file).
1920s was Ramah's strongest decade.
67 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Ramah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
27 births
- 1920s
1920s
67 births
- 1930s
1930s
40 births
- 1940s
1940s
51 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s 10
1970s
10 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 10
1990s
10 births
- 2000s 16
2000s
16 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
- 2020s
2020s
39 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 67 births (24% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ramah's data
- Ramah's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (67 total births) through the 2020s (39) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ramah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~114 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1911–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ramah draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.