Rami
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RA-mee
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #790 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #1,097 for boys
Rami is a boys' name of Arabic origin, meaning “archer, marksman”. In 2025 it ranked 790th for boys in the UK (47 babies) and 1,097th for boys in the US (195 babies).
What does Rami mean?
Arabic: also used in Hebrew, where it means exalted
“archer, marksman”
From the Arabic rami, one who throws or shoots, especially an archer.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Rami a girl's or a boy's name?
Rami is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 boys in the UK and 195 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rami in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #790among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 6,400 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the UK were named Rami, making it the 790th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,150th.
2025 had the most boys named Rami of any year since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the boys named Rami in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 57 boys in the UK were given Rami or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #635, up from #790 for this spelling alone.
- Rami 47
- Ramy 10
Among boys in 2025, it was 763rd in England and Wales and 395th in Northern Ireland.
Rami in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #790 |
| 2024 | 24 | #1,230 |
| 2023 | 28 | #1,131 |
| 2022 | 30 | #1,070 |
| 2021 | 36 | #931 |
| 2020 | 26 | #1,150 |
| 2019 | 32 | #994 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 17 | #1,563 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,347 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 18 | #1,454 |
| 2013 | 12 | #1,901 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 12 | #1,890 |
| 2010 | 18 | #1,452 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,674 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,048 |
| 2007 | 16 | #1,458 |
| 2006 | 12 | #1,640 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 20 | #1,071 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,418 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,149 |
| 2000 | 6 | #1,977 |
| 1999 | 8 | #1,582 |
| 1998 | 12 | #1,180 |
| 1997 | 7 | #1,678 |
| 1996 | 4 | #2,442 |
How popular is Rami in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,097among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 195about 1 in 8,800 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 54% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 195 boys in the US were named Rami, making it the 1,097th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,408th. It first appears in the records in 1963.
2025 had the most boys named Rami of any year since it first appeared, in 1963.
Half of all the boys named Rami in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 247 boys in the US were given Rami or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #874, up from #1,097 for this spelling alone.
- Rami 195
- Ramy 52
Girls were 30% of the babies named Rami in the US in 1978, and 3% in 2022.
Rami in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 195 | #1,097 |
| 2024 | 168 | #1,205 |
| 2023 | 165 | #1,205 |
| 2022 | 165 | #1,204 |
| 2021 | 158 | #1,218 |
| 2020 | 123 | #1,408 |
| 2019 | 122 | #1,432 |
| 2018 | 98 | #1,648 |
| 2017 | 85 | #1,792 |
| 2016 | 77 | #1,903 |
| 2015 | 56 | #2,327 |
| 2014 | 78 | #1,872 |
| 2013 | 63 | #2,112 |
| 2012 | 87 | #1,728 |
| 2011 | 82 | #1,770 |
| 2010 | 85 | #1,759 |
| 2009 | 80 | #1,838 |
| 2008 | 97 | #1,613 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2006 | 84 | #1,684 |
| 2005 | 99 | #1,470 |
| 2004 | 68 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 89 | #1,464 |
| 2002 | 101 | #1,312 |
| 2001 | 89 | #1,396 |
| 2000 | 71 | #1,637 |
| 1999 | 72 | #1,542 |
| 1998 | 61 | #1,677 |
| 1997 | 71 | #1,483 |
| 1996 | 68 | #1,477 |
| 1995 | 74 | #1,364 |
| 1994 | 69 | #1,405 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 82 | #1,242 |
| 1991 | 76 | #1,276 |
| 1990 | 57 | #1,495 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,728 |
| 1988 | 54 | #1,422 |
| 1987 | 52 | #1,398 |
| 1986 | 49 | #1,418 |
| 1985 | 39 | #1,613 |
| 1984 | 38 | #1,580 |
| 1983 | 30 | #1,821 |
| 1982 | 31 | #1,814 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,725 |
| 1980 | 31 | #1,808 |
| 1979 | 28 | #1,903 |
| 1978 | 23 | #2,068 |
| 1977 | 17 | #2,555 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 9 | #3,657 |
| 1974 | 13 | #2,797 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
Names like Rami
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Muhammad Rafi Ahmed Hamza Amir Abdullah Umar Musa Yahya Mustafa Rayyan Hadi
Other spellings of Rami
Names related to Rami
More Arabic names
Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amira Fatima Ali Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Kairo Safa Liyana
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, “Rami: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/rami, updated 20 October 2026.