How rare is the name Ramsey?

6,794 people in the United States have the first name Ramsey, about 1 in 44,456. It ranks #3,190 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

RAMSEY

#3,190

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,794
About
1 in 44,456
This common or more
81.9%
Who bears it

Of the 6,794 people named Ramsey, 64.5% reported their origin as White, 13.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 11.4% as Black. 75.5% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ramsey peaked in 2016, when 265 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18942025
Peak year
2016
Births that year
265
In 2025*
154 ▼42%
Recorded as
mostly male

At least 8,861 babies have been given the name since 1894. 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.

Ramsey by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,043. The largest share of babies named Ramsey, 30.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1890s#3,6367
1910s#4,56384
1920s#4,749122
1930s#4,672101
1940s#4,454127
1950s#3,900205
1960s#3,342324
1970s#2,387703
1980s#2,0431,123
1990s#2,2141,353
2000s#2,4671,534
2010s#2,1962,012
2020s#2,2761,166
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–272.1%
Silent Generation 1928–452.1%
Baby boom 1946–644.4%
Generation X 1965–8011.5%
Millennials 1981–9621.5%
Generation Z 1997–1227.6%
2013 and later30.7%

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 Ramsey is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ramsey has been most common in Texas (3.5×), Georgia (2.5×), and California (2.3×), and least common in Ohio (0.38×).

3,314 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 Ramsey

1 other first name also has 6,794 people.

#3,190 Cornell · 6,794

Either side of Ramsey

#3,189 Imogene · 6,799#3,190 Cornell · 6,794#3,192 Viridiana · 6,785#3,193 Nereida · 6,771

Spelled almost the same

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

#18,313 Ramsay · 590#36,737 Ramzey · 215

Also a last name

As a last name, Ramsey ranks #434 of 156,621, with 74,666 people. See Ramsey as a last name

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