How popular is the name Ramsey?

Ramsey ranks 1,236th among boys' names in US records, with 10,006 births since 1894. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,556.

Is Ramsey a unisex name?

No. Ramsey is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

2017, when 190 children were given the name. It has been in use for 131 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Ramzi, Ramsay. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.

Boy name#1,236 of boy names

Pronounced R AE1 M S EY2 (ARPABET)

Ramsey is a boys' name, and first appears in 1894. It has been given to 10,006 children — the 1,236th most common boys' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 2017, when 190 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Ramzi and Ramsay — because they are pronounced identically.

2017Boys: 190Girls: 120

These spellings sound identical to Ramsey and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Ramsey?: Ramsey ranks 1,236th among boys' names in US records, with 10,006 births since 1894. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,556.
Is Ramsey a unisex name?: No. Ramsey is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Ramsey most popular?: 2017, when 190 children were given the name. It has been in use for 131 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Ramsey spelled?: Ramzi, Ramsay. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.