first name
RAMA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,175 people named Rama, 59.6% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 29.8% as White and 6.2% as Black. 69.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rama peaked in 2010, when 44 babies got the name.
At least 1,406 babies have been given the name since 1897. 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.
Rama by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #3,939. The largest share of babies named Rama, 29.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
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 Rama
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rama, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rama ranks #16,822 of 156,621, with 1,652 people. See Rama as a last name
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