Ramesses
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RAM-uh-seez
- US rank, 2025
- #6,140 for boys
Ramesses is a boys' name, meaning “born of Ra”. In 2025 it ranked 6,140th for boys in the US (14 babies).
What does Ramesses mean?
Ancient Egyptian royal name
“born of Ra”
Ramesses II, one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, built the temples at Abu Simbel.
Is Ramesses a girl's or a boy's name?
Ramesses is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ramesses in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,140th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14 about 1 in 120,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the US were named Ramesses, making it the 6,140th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,447th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 23 boys. It first appears in the records in 2007.
2025 had more boys named Ramesses than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Ramesses in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ramesses in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #6,140 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 16 | #5,447 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 23 | #4,350 |
| 2017 | 19 | #4,931 |
| 2016 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 10 | #7,557 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
Names like Ramesses
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rhodes, Amias, Eziah, Azaiah, Asaiah, Atreus, Ares, Eliam, Aziel, Jasiah, Jaziel, Zayn
Names related to Ramesses
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, “Ramesses: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ramesses, updated 20 October 2026.