Raam
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAHM
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,329 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #5,397 for boys
Raam is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “pleasing, delightful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,329th for boys in the UK (6 babies) and 5,397th for boys in the US (17 babies).
What does Raam mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Ram; Hindi form of Rama
“pleasing, delightful”
Rama, hero of the Sanskrit epic Ramayana, is revered in Hinduism as an avatar of Vishnu; Ram is also a biblical Hebrew name.
Meaning borrowed from Ram. More on Wiktionary.
Is Raam a girl's or a boy's name?
Raam is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the UK and 17 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raam in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,329th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 300% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the UK were named Raam, making it the 3,329th most popular name for boys.
2025 had the most boys named Raam of any year since it first appeared, in 2013.
In 2025, 26 boys in the UK were given Raam or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,043, up from #3,329 for this spelling alone.
- Ram 20
- Raam 6
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,239th in England and Wales.
Raam in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,329 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #4,829 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
How popular is Raam in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,397th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fast up 172% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the US were named Raam, making it the 5,397th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,497th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 2009.
Half of all the boys named Raam in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were given Raam or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,707, up from #5,397 for this spelling alone.
Raam in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #5,397 |
| 2024 | 17 | #5,439 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 8 | #8,820 |
| 2020 | 10 | #7,497 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 8 | #8,813 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 7 | #9,562 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 6 | #10,763 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
Names like Raam
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Zayd, Musa, Muhammad, Zayaan, Zayan, Hamza, Ibrahim, Arham, Abdullah, Umar, Huzaifa, Raheem
Other spellings of Raam
Names related to Raam
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Raam: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raam, updated 20 October 2026.