Boys' name · since 1984
Rambo
Since 1984, U.S. Social Security records show 149 babies named Rambo, peaking in 1985. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #14,811 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,055 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rambo currently ranks #11055 among boys' names in America, with 149 babies recorded since 1984.
Rambo has 149 recorded births among boys since 1984, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11055 as of the latest data, more common than 21% of boys, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1984 to 2025.
- #14,811 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #11,055 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 149 born since 1984
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rambo ranks #14,811 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,055 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 149 born since 1984, peaking in the 1980s.
- #14,811 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #11,055 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 149
- born since 1984
- 1980s
- peak decade
Rambo's 149 recorded births place it above 67.41% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Rambo compares
149 32nd percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys 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
Rambo's all-time total is 60% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Rambo | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 149 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 18 | 34 | 22,252 |
Rambo's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rambo splits its recorded history at 2016: 47% of all births land in the more recent half, 53% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1984 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1985 peak of 18 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Rambo popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1984–2025
- Peak year (1985)
- 18
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Rambo by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (58 births, 39% of the file).
1980s was Rambo's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Rambo births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
58 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
45 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 58 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Rambo's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (58 total births) through the 2020s (40) -- 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 Rambo: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1985)
Similar record span (~41 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, 1984–2025 (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 Rambo 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.