How rare is the name Ram?

5,850 people in the United States have the first name Ram, about 1 in 51,629. It ranks #3,534 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RAM

#3,534

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,850
About
1 in 51,629
This common or more
82.6%
Who bears it

Of the 5,850 people named Ram, 87.4% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 6.6% as White and 2.7% as Hispanic or Latino. 92.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ram peaked in 2024, when 69 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19702025
Peak year
2024
Births that year
69
In 2025*
49 ▼29%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,123 babies have been given the name since 1970. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ram by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #5,905. The largest share of babies named Ram, 47.5%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#9,38480
1980s#10,63291
1990s#11,631118
2000s#9,884206
2010s#7,211349
2020s#5,905279
Generation X 1965–807.9%
Millennials 1981–9614.1%
Generation Z 1997–1230.5%
2013 and later47.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Ram

#3,532 Johann · 5,853#3,532 Magali · 5,853#3,535 Amirah · 5,848#3,536 Renate · 5,847

Spelled almost the same

7 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ram, most common first.

#3,595 Rami · 5,690#4,463 Rama · 4,175#5,831 Ran · 2,849#7,949 Ramy · 1,856#27,176 Ramo · 338#28,553 Ramu · 314#53,558 Rame · 97

Also a last name

As a last name, Ram ranks #6,632 of 156,621, with 4,896 people. See Ram as a last name

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