girls:
2.1k births since 1965
#3736 (35th percentile)
boys:
6.4k births since 1894
#1470 (68th percentile)
overall:
8.5k births since 1894
#2926 (62nd percentile)
The name Ramsey is the #2,926 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,544 recorded births since 1894. This represents the 62.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,470 (67.9% percentile) for all time with 6,431 births since 1894. For girls, it ranks #3,736 (34.6% percentile) for all time with 2,113 births since 1965.
Ramsey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1894 (1894 for boys and 1965 for girls). Birth data for Ramsey is available in 114 out of the 130 years between 1894 and 2023 (114 years for boys and 53 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 Ramsey has been given predominantly to boys, with 75.3% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 51.3% of babies named Ramsey were boys.
For boys, Ramsey reached its peak popularity in 1997, achieving the 16.3% percentile (ranked #663) with 67 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 77 births per million (ranked 16.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ramsey ranks #819 for boys (10.1% percentile) with 53 births per million, which is 69.0% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ramsey reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 12.3% percentile (ranked #821) with 67 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 67 births per million (ranked 12.3% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ramsey ranks #860 for girls (9.2% percentile) with 53 births per million, which is 78.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ramsey".
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