Raman
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAA-man
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,021 for boys
Raman is a boys' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “pleasing, delightful”. In 2025 it ranked 3,021st for boys in the UK (7 babies).
What does Raman mean?
Sanskrit: from ramana
“pleasing, delightful”
Borne by C. V. Raman, the Indian physicist who won the 1930 Nobel Prize for discovering the Raman effect.
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Is Raman a girl's or a boy's name?
Raman is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Raman in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,021among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 43,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 35% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the UK were named Raman, making it the 3,021st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Raman in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2013, 30% of the babies named Raman in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,938th in England and Wales.
Raman in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #3,021 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 10 | #2,279 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 13 | #1,909 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,054 |
| 2013 | 7 | #2,792 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,080 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,241 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 12 | #1,760 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 5 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 3 | #3,325 |
| 2001 | 8 | #1,690 |
| 2000 | 8 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 4 | #2,513 |
| 1998 | 6 | #1,932 |
| 1997 | 6 | #1,853 |
| 1996 | 7 | #1,652 |
How popular is Raman in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1973, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 1958.
Half of all the boys named Raman in the US since 1880 were born between 1982 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Raman in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 5 | #12,341 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #11,464 |
| 2004 | 5 | #11,348 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 8 | #7,529 |
| 2000 | 8 | #7,409 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 11 | #5,180 |
| 1995 | 5 | #8,861 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 9 | #4,567 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 8 | #4,549 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 15 | #2,971 |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 11 | #3,614 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 10 | #3,604 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 15 | #2,511 |
| 1972 | 6 | #4,438 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 5 | #4,722 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
Names like Raman
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Ahmed Hassan Raheem Musa Abdullah Rayyan Umar Hamza Mustafa Usman Ibrahim
Names related to Raman
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, “Raman: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/raman, updated 20 October 2026.