Ramla
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- RAM-la
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Ramla is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “sand”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Ramla mean?
Arabic: Arabic ramla
“sand”
Ramla bint Abi Sufyan, known as Umm Habiba, was one of the wives of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Ramla a girl's or a boy's name?
Ramla is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ramla in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 65% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Ramla, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 17 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ramla in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Ramla in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 8 | #3,082 |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 12 | #2,275 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 10 | #2,652 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 13 | #2,186 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 7 | #3,308 |
| 2009 | 17 | #1,691 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,840 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,790 |
| 2006 | 13 | #1,860 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 7 | #2,341 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Ramla in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,360among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12about 1 in 130,000 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, 12 girls in the US were named Ramla, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,948th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 1998.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had more girls named Ramla than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Ramla in the US since 1880 were born between 2005 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ramla in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 10 | #9,551 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 11 | #8,973 |
| 2020 | 11 | #8,948 |
| 2019 | 14 | #7,712 |
| 2018 | 11 | #9,146 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 13 | #8,480 |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 5 | #17,630 |
| 2006 | 10 | #10,606 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 8 | #11,617 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
Names like Ramla
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa Rahma Hafsa Hiba Zainab Huda Ayah Aaliyah Rumaysa Raha Abeeha Amira
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
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, “Ramla: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ramla, updated 20 October 2026.