How rare is the name Rami?

5,690 people in the United States have the first name Rami, about 1 in 53,081. It ranks #3,595 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

RAMI

#3,595

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,690
About
1 in 53,081
This common or more
82.7%
Who bears it

Of the 5,690 people named Rami, 84.2% reported their origin as White, 4.6% as two or more races and 4.3% as Black. 94% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Rami peaked in 2025, when 195 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19632025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
195
In 2025*
195
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 4,122 babies have been given the name since 1963. 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.

Rami by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #2,539. The largest share of babies named Rami, 38.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#10,21636
1970s#5,479194
1980s#3,692447
1990s#3,271738
2000s#3,662871
2010s#3,970845
2020s#2,539991
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–806.3%
Millennials 1981–9622.5%
Generation Z 1997–1232.8%
2013 and later38.3%

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.

Where Rami is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rami has been most common in California (2.8×), Michigan (2.6×), and New York (2×), and least common in Ohio (0.98×).

2,280 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Rami

1 other first name also has 5,690 people.

#3,595 Jeniffer · 5,690

Either side of Rami

#3,594 Tenley · 5,696#3,595 Jeniffer · 5,690#3,597 Modesto · 5,688#3,598 Kamron · 5,687

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,534 Ram · 5,850#4,463 Rama · 4,175#5,164 Rani · 3,382#7,949 Ramy · 1,856#13,280 Ramie · 914#27,176 Ramia · 338#27,176 Ramo · 338#28,553 Ramu · 314

Also a last name

As a last name, Rami ranks #34,148 of 156,621, with 716 people. See Rami as a last name

Compare