Ramirez — #12389 US boys' name
65 babies named Ramirez in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 13% of names given to boys today.
62% of everyone ever named Ramirez was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Ramirez in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ramirez
The Social Security Administration has registered 65 babies named Ramirez between 1912 and 2024, spanning 113 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ramirez currently holds the #12389 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ramirez performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 40 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ramirez shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ramirez in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ramirez 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 65 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.
Ramirez at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Ramirez popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1912
- Peak year (1988)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 113 years of records
Currently ranks #12389 among boys.
65 total births across 113 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 10 births in a single year.
Ramirez by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 40 births that decade — 62% of Ramirez's all-time total
Ramirez decade highlights
- Peak decade 40 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ramirez's strongest decade
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
Ramirez by state
Where Ramirez concentrates geographically — total births since 1912
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 9.2% |
6 of 65 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.2% 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, 1912–2024 (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.