Ramsey
Ramsey is given to both girls and boys: 76 girls and 78 boys were given it in 2025 (#2,377 among girls’ names and #1,970 among boys’, #2,651 among all names counting both); 8,861 Americans have been recorded with it since 1894 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 8,140 Americans named Ramsey and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 22 years old and half are between 10 and 38.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ramsey by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ramsey mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ramsey is “a male given name transferred from the surname.” Its etymology gives the senses “wild garlic” (hramsa) and “island” (īeġ).
From Old English hramsa (“wild garlic”) + īeġ (“island”).
/ˈɹæmzi/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ramsey?
#1,970 among boys’ names, 2025
Ramsey fell from #1,345 in 2015 to #1,970 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 68.3 to 45.7 per million.
265 babies in 2016, the peak
Ramsey peaked in 2016, when 265 babies were given it (150 boys, #1,244 among boys’ names). The 154 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 58% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 76 | #2,377 | 78 | #1,970 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,551 | 94 | #1,763 |
| 2023 | 92 | #2,104 | 97 | #1,724 |
| 2022 | 67 | #2,630 | 121 | #1,502 |
| 2021 | 120 | #1,728 | 134 | #1,376 |
| 2020 | 94 | #2,000 | 123 | #1,411 |
| 2019 | 109 | #1,859 | 139 | #1,319 |
| 2018 | 114 | #1,796 | 128 | #1,383 |
| 2017 | 111 | #1,851 | 152 | #1,211 |
| 2016 | 115 | #1,809 | 150 | #1,244 |
Every recorded year (116)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 83 | #2,274 | 131 | #1,345 |
| 2014 | 60 | #2,880 | 94 | #1,651 |
| 2013 | 49 | #3,305 | 119 | #1,410 |
| 2012 | 55 | #3,081 | 101 | #1,572 |
| 2011 | 52 | #3,213 | 105 | #1,521 |
| 2010 | 48 | #3,400 | 97 | #1,623 |
| 2009 | 41 | #3,853 | 98 | #1,624 |
| 2008 | 45 | #3,634 | 113 | #1,462 |
| 2007 | 44 | #3,708 | 106 | #1,504 |
| 2006 | 46 | #3,492 | 114 | #1,400 |
| 2005 | 75 | #2,371 | 123 | #1,269 |
| 2004 | 53 | #2,986 | 102 | #1,401 |
| 2003 | 39 | #3,639 | 117 | #1,245 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,576 | 109 | #1,249 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,183 | 88 | #1,418 |
| 2000 | 29 | #4,260 | 110 | #1,225 |
| 1999 | 29 | #4,053 | 86 | #1,378 |
| 1998 | 42 | #3,055 | 118 | #1,092 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,648 | 134 | #975 |
| 1996 | 27 | #4,022 | 87 | #1,272 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,167 | 126 | #990 |
| 1994 | 28 | #3,866 | 112 | #1,054 |
| 1993 | 29 | #3,748 | 88 | #1,198 |
| 1992 | 17 | #5,653 | 99 | #1,105 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,590 | 129 | #931 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,815 | 98 | #1,077 |
| 1989 | 14 | #6,063 | 94 | #1,085 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,812 | 78 | #1,138 |
| 1987 | 11 | #6,654 | 112 | #887 |
| 1986 | 25 | #3,523 | 91 | #963 |
| 1985 | 19 | #4,237 | 96 | #933 |
| 1984 | 19 | #4,123 | 104 | #865 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,842 | 91 | #928 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,450 | 96 | #916 |
| 1981 | 14 | #5,170 | 107 | #856 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,935 | 109 | #849 |
| 1979 | 8 | #7,833 | 100 | #874 |
| 1978 | 10 | #6,271 | 70 | #1,048 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,856 | 83 | #935 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,918 | 61 | #1,082 |
| 1975 | under 5 | 56 | #1,136 | |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,698 | 69 | #992 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 58 | #1,072 | |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,977 | 46 | #1,224 |
| 1971 | 6 | #8,062 | 44 | #1,269 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,750 | 52 | #1,152 |
| 1969 | under 5 | 41 | #1,247 | |
| 1968 | under 5 | 52 | #1,033 | |
| 1967 | under 5 | 36 | #1,270 | |
| 1966 | under 5 | 40 | #1,189 | |
| 1965 | 5 | #7,273 | 27 | #1,506 |
| 1964 | under 5 | 36 | #1,323 | |
| 1963 | under 5 | 27 | #1,537 | |
| 1962 | under 5 | 13 | #2,339 | |
| 1961 | under 5 | 20 | #1,862 | |
| 1960 | under 5 | 27 | #1,570 | |
| 1959 | under 5 | 21 | #1,789 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 25 | #1,581 | |
| 1957 | under 5 | 20 | #1,825 | |
| 1956 | under 5 | 23 | #1,671 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 17 | #1,957 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 16 | #2,028 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 24 | #1,578 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 22 | #1,651 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 22 | #1,634 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 15 | #2,007 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 16 | #1,923 | |
| 1948 | under 5 | 13 | #2,193 | |
| 1947 | under 5 | 17 | #1,897 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 17 | #1,798 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 7 | #2,938 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 8 | #2,812 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 13 | #2,160 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 12 | #2,235 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 9 | #2,612 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 15 | #1,877 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 16 | #1,777 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 11 | #2,292 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 9 | #2,630 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 10 | #2,415 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 10 | #2,501 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 6 | #3,589 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 14 | #1,981 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 12 | #2,290 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 6 | #3,670 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 7 | #3,520 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 10 | #2,720 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 9 | #3,019 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 12 | #2,494 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 12 | #2,531 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 14 | #2,296 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 15 | #2,202 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 16 | #2,101 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 13 | #2,454 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 11 | #2,760 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 10 | #2,921 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 7 | #3,674 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 12 | #2,505 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 14 | #2,168 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 13 | #2,236 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 11 | #2,422 | |
| 1914 | under 5 | 8 | #2,595 | |
| 1913 | under 5 | 7 | #2,451 | |
| 1912 | under 5 | 7 | #2,221 | |
| 1910 | under 5 | 5 | #1,790 | |
| 1894 | under 5 | 7 | #932 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Ramsey a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 8,861 Americans recorded as Ramsey, 25% are girls and 75% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ramsey: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ramsey, and how old are they?
8,140 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 8,861 Americans ever recorded as Ramsey. The median Ramsey alive today is 22 years old; half are between 10 and 38.
The 2020 Census counted 6,794 people named Ramsey (1,667 women and girls, 5,127 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 7,170 born in the U.S. The Census count is 5% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 37 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 264 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 915 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 1,810 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 2,410 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,700 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ramsey born?
The states with the most babies named Ramsey are Texas, Georgia and Minnesota, with 80% of its births recorded by state in 2025; Minnesota is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 27 | #1,339 | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 14 | #1,325 | 0.9× |
| Minnesota | 11 | #907 | 0.3× |
| California | 8 | #1,949 | 0.7× |
| Kentucky | 5 | not ranked | 0.4× |
Where Ramsey is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ramsey is most over-represented in Texas: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ramsey with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 9,324 babies since 1880, Ramsey is the most given (95% of them). In 2025 it was given to 154 of their 166 babies (93%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ramsey
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ramsey and names like it
- Compare Ramsey and RamsayBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sRamsey peaked in 2016.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ramsey since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Ramsey: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Ramsey.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Ramsey alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with RMost given first.