How rare is the name Ramya?

3,682 people in the United States have the first name Ramya, about 1 in 82,029. It ranks #4,873 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

RAMYA

#4,873

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,682
About
1 in 82,029
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,682 people named Ramya, 83.2% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 12.5% as Black and 1.9% as White. 99.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ramya peaked in 2008, when 71 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19812025
Peak year
2008
Births that year
71
In 2025*
20 ▼72%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,214 babies have been given the name since 1981. 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.

Ramya by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #5,010. The largest share of babies named Ramya, 65.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1980s#16,76836
1990s#9,384161
2000s#5,010556
2010s#6,997363
2020s#11,81498
Millennials 1981–969.5%
Generation Z 1997–1265.5%
2013 and later25%

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.

Exactly as common as Ramya

1 other first name also has 3,682 people.

#4,873 Jerrica · 3,682

Either side of Ramya

#4,872 Rigo · 3,683#4,873 Jerrica · 3,682#4,875 Nieves · 3,681#4,876 Kasie · 3,680

Spelled almost the same

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

#4,463 Rama · 4,175#7,949 Ramy · 1,856#10,998 Ranya · 1,185#27,176 Ramia · 338#29,690 Ramiya · 297#40,470 Ramaya · 184

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