Ramah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAH-mah
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Ramah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “height, high place”. In 2025 it ranked 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Ramah mean?
Hebrew: biblical place name
“height, high place”
Ramah is the biblical town of the prophet Samuel, where Jeremiah pictures Rachel weeping for her children.
Is Ramah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ramah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ramah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,837among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 100,000 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, 16 girls in the US were named Ramah, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most girls named Ramah of any year since it first appeared, in 1911.
Half of all the girls named Ramah in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1996, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ramah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #9,108 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #9,650 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 5 | #8,773 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #4,690 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,531 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,566 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 6 | #4,045 |
| 1929 | 12 | #2,586 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,741 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,707 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 7 | #4,009 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
Names like Ramah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ruth Elsie Ruby Annie Ruthie Sarah Josephine Elizabeth Georgia Eva Rosie Mary
Names related to Ramah
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Ramah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ramah, updated 20 October 2026.