Ramadan
Boy · Arabic
Ramadan is a boys' name of Arabic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies) and 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Ramadan mean?
Arabic
A male given name from Arabic, of Muslim usage.
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Is Ramadan a girl's or a boy's name?
Ramadan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK and 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ramadan in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Ramadan, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,803rd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ramadan in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Ramadan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 7 | #2,878 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 7 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,125 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 3 | #4,615 |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #3,146 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
How popular is Ramadan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Ramadan, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2016, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Ramadan in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ramadan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 9 | #8,307 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 6 | #10,797 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 6 | #10,722 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 5 | #12,361 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 9 | #7,633 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 10 | #5,446 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 8 | #4,497 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 6 | #5,121 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,262 |
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