girls:
70 births since 1984
#5646 (1st percentile)
boys:
375 births since 1922
#4211 (8th percentile)
overall:
445 births since 1922
#7294 (6th percentile)
The name Ramsay is the #7,294 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 445 recorded births since 1922. This represents the 5.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 5.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,211 (8.1% percentile) for all time with 375 births since 1922. For girls, it ranks #5,646 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 70 births since 1984.
Ramsay first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1922 (1922 for boys and 1984 for girls). Birth data for Ramsay is available in 50 out of the 102 years between 1922 and 2023 (50 years for boys and 12 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 Ramsay has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 60.0% of babies named Ramsay were boys.
For boys, Ramsay reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 1.2% percentile (ranked #903) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.2% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ramsay ranks #907 for boys (0.4% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 60.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ramsay reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 0.4% percentile (ranked #945) with 5 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 5 births per million (ranked 0.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2018, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ramsay ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 72.0% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ramsay".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ramsay. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 81.8% confident that Ramsay is pronounced as RAM-zee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAM-say, at 18.2% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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