Rama
Mostly girls · Sanskrit
Rama is a name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Rama mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
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Is Rama a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Rama has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 8 girls and 11 boys in the US.
How popular is Rama in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Rama, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2010, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Rama in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Rama in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #3,233 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
How popular is Rama in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Rama, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 15,083rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1897. 11 boys were also named Rama in 2025 (7,190th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Rama in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 82% of the babies named Rama in the US in 2010, and 70% in 2015.
Rama in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 6 | #13,459 |
| 2020 | 5 | #15,083 |
| 2019 | 16 | #7,021 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 21 | #5,983 |
| 2015 | 21 | #6,034 |
| 2014 | 19 | #6,449 |
| 2013 | 33 | #4,334 |
| 2012 | 35 | #4,214 |
| 2011 | 34 | #4,243 |
| 2010 | 36 | #4,106 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 25 | #5,523 |
| 2006 | 22 | #5,904 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 22 | #5,551 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 27 | #4,494 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 25 | #4,644 |
| 1999 | 27 | #4,197 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 18 | #5,275 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,171 |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 8 | #5,455 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,041 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 7 | #5,292 |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,850 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,167 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,836 |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 15 | #2,888 |
| 1953 | 9 | #3,954 |
| 1952 | 10 | #3,551 |
| 1951 | 11 | #3,283 |
| 1950 | 13 | #2,908 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 18 | #2,328 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 8 | #3,664 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 13 | #2,510 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 10 | #2,984 |
| 1941 | 8 | #3,250 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,571 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,939 |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,539 |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 10 | #2,844 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 9 | #3,268 |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 5 | #1,792 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
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