How Many People Are Named Ramsay?

426

people named Ramsay are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 802,311 people in the US has this name

Based on 463 babies named Ramsay in Social Security records from 1922 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#18,256

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#6,508

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Peak Year

2017

25 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Scottish
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Variant of RAMSEY.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
17.4%
Male
82.6%

Of the babies given the name Ramsay, 17.4% were girls and 82.6% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Ramsay alive today is about 22 years old, and 71% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 33 in 2025.

Under 30 305
71.4%
30 to 59 99
23.2%
60 and over 23
5.4%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Ramsay first appears in the records in 1922 and was given most often in 2017, to 25 babies. In 2025, 12 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1922 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Ramsay has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #3,247, in 1948. In 2025 it ranked #10,432. Among girls, its best rank was #10,017, in 1984.

BoysGirls
Rank in 2025#10,432#16,712
Best rank#3,247 (1948)#10,017 (1984)
Years in the top 100NoneNone
Rank in its biggest decade#8,058 in the 2010s#18,635 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Ramsay alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Ramsay were born in Texas than in any other state: about 5 of those alive today.

Texas 5

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