girls:
420 births since 1970
#5296 (7th percentile)
boys:
567 births since 1913
#4019 (12th percentile)
overall:
987 births since 1913
#6752 (13th percentile)
The name Ramey is the #6,752 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 987 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 12.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 12.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,019 (12.3% percentile) for all time with 567 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #5,296 (7.3% percentile) for all time with 420 births since 1970.
Ramey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1970 for girls). Birth data for Ramey is available in 76 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (62 years for boys and 47 years for girls). 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 Ramey has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (57.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 0.0% of babies named Ramey were boys. Interestingly, until around 1992, the name was more popular for boys (74.6% boys from 1913 to 1991), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (64.7% girls from 1992 to 2023).
For boys, Ramey reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 4.7% percentile (ranked #625) with 22 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 22 births per million (ranked 4.7% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
For girls, Ramey reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 1.6% percentile (ranked #741) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ramey ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 36.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ramey".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ramey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 82.1% confident that Ramey is pronounced as RAY-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RA-mee, at 17.9% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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