Ramsay — #11030 US boys' name
381 babies named Ramsay in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to boys today.
24% of everyone ever named Ramsay was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Ramsay in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ramsay
The Social Security Administration has registered 381 babies named Ramsay between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ramsay currently holds the #11030 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 16 babies received it in a single year. Ramsay is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 70 additional births since 1984.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ramsay performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 92 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Ramsay shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ramsay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ramsay 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 381 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.
Ramsay at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ramsay popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1922
- Peak year (2017)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
Currently ranks #11030 among boys.
381 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 16 births in a single year.
Ramsay popularity over time — girls
70 total births recorded since 1984 (Ramsay as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ramsay accounts for 16% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ramsay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 92 births that decade — 24% of Ramsay's all-time total
Ramsay decade highlights
- Peak decade 92 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ramsay's strongest decade
92 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 24% of all-time use.
Ramsay by state
Where Ramsay concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 381 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.3% 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, 1922–2024 (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.