Boys' name · since 1959
Ramos
Ramos has 56 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1991 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,414 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 56
- born since 1959
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ramos is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 56 have been recorded since 1959.
Ramos has 56 recorded births among boys since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, 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 1959 to 2021.
- #21,414 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 56 born since 1959
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ramos ranks #21,414 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 56 born since 1959, peaking in the 1980s.
- #21,414 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 56
- born since 1959
- 1980s
- peak decade
Ramos's 56 recorded births place it above 52.83% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ramos's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ramos's SSA record in two at 1985 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1959, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1991 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ramos popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2021
- Peak year (1991)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 63 years of records
Ramos by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (16 births, 29% of the file).
1980s was Ramos's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Ramos births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
16 births
- 1990s
1990s
7 births
- 2010s
2010s
12 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 16 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Ramos's decade-level peak was the 1980s (16 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ramos: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1991)
Similar record span (~62 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, 1959–2021 (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 Ramos 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.