Girls' name · since 1998
Ramaya
Since 1998, U.S. Social Security records show 252 babies named Ramaya, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #17,533 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 252
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ramaya sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 252 recorded since 1998.
Social Security Administration records show Ramaya recorded 252 times among girls since 1998, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2024.
- #17,533 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 252 born since 1998
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ramaya ranks #17,533 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 252 born since 1998, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,533 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 252
- born since 1998
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ramaya's 252 recorded births place it above 75.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ramaya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ramaya splits its recorded history at 2012: 48% of all births land in the more recent half, 52% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1998 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2006 peak of 21 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ramaya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2024
- Peak year (2006)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Ramaya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (107 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Ramaya's strongest decade.
107 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Ramaya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
107 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 107 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Ramaya's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (107 total births) through the 2020s (47) -- 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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Similar record span (~26 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, 1998–2024 (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 Ramaya 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.