How rare is the name Ramiro?

38,754 people in the United States have the first name Ramiro, about 1 in 7,794. It ranks #1,072 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RAMIRO

#1,072

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
38,754
About
1 in 7,794
This common or more
71%
Who bears it

Of the 38,754 people named Ramiro, 97.3% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 1.8% as White. Virtually all are male (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ramiro peaked in 2001, when 528 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19132025
Peak year
2001
Births that year
528
In 2025*
201 ▼62%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 25,958 babies have been given the name since 1913. 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.

Ramiro by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #988. The largest share of babies named Ramiro, 25%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#3,977107
1920s#1,781591
1930s#1,301918
1940s#1,1621,390
1950s#1,1272,113
1960s#1,1822,218
1970s#1,0592,874
1980s#1,0703,298
1990s#9884,696
2000s#1,2004,297
2010s#1,9902,317
2020s#2,3131,139
Greatest Generation 1901–272.1%
Silent Generation 1928–456.7%
Baby boom 1946–6415.4%
Generation X 1965–8016.4%
Millennials 1981–9624.3%
Generation Z 1997–1225%
2013 and later10.2%

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 Ramiro is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ramiro has been most common in Texas (6.9×), California (3×), and Arizona (1.9×), and least common in New Jersey (0.05×).

22,879 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.

Spelled almost the same

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

Also a last name

As a last name, Ramiro ranks #22,790 of 156,621, with 1,154 people. See Ramiro as a last name

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