girls:
1.1k births since 1897
#4614 (19th percentile)
boys:
259 births since 1970
#4327 (6th percentile)
overall:
1.4k births since 1897
#6382 (18th percentile)
The name Rama is the #6,382 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,361 recorded births since 1897. This represents the 17.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 17.5% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,614 (19.3% percentile) for all time with 1,102 births since 1897. For boys, it ranks #4,327 (5.6% percentile) for all time with 259 births since 1970.
Rama first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1897 (1897 for girls and 1970 for boys). Birth data for Rama is available in 101 out of the 127 years between 1897 and 2023 (91 years for girls and 30 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Rama has been given predominantly to girls, with 81.0% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 47.8% of babies named Rama were girls.
For girls, Rama reached its peak popularity in 2010, achieving the 3.3% percentile (ranked #913) with 18 births per million. The name was most common in 1897, with 20 births per million (ranked 0.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2013, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Rama ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 31.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Rama reached its peak popularity in 1974, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #642) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1974, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2011, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Rama ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 66.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Rama".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Rama", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 3 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Rahma" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Rahma..
Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Rama. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.6% confident that Rama is pronounced as RAH-muh, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RA-muh, at 17.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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