Ramsay
Boy · RAM-zee · Old English
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Ramsay is a boys' name of Old English origin, meaning “wild garlic island”. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 9,710th for boys in the US (7 babies).
What does Ramsay mean?
Old English: Scottish surname from the English place name Ramsey
“wild garlic island”
Ramsay MacDonald became Britain's first Labour prime minister in 1924.
- Say it
- RAM-zee
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Is Ramsay a girl's or a boy's name?
Ramsay is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 5 girls and 7 boys in the US.
How popular is Ramsay in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,511among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 33,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Ramsay, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,829th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 18 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ramsay in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 367th in Scotland.
Ramsay in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #2,511 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 8 | #2,678 |
| 2021 | 13 | #1,876 |
| 2020 | 13 | #1,829 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 14 | #1,822 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 14 | #1,743 |
| 2013 | 14 | #1,715 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 17 | #1,508 |
| 2009 | 13 | #1,760 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,378 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,487 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,384 |
| 2004 | 9 | #1,831 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 7 | #1,900 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,184 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Ramsay in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #9,710among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 7about 1 in 240,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 7 boys in the US were named Ramsay, making it the 9,710th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 16 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922. 5 girls were also named Ramsay in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
Half of all the boys named Ramsay in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ramsay in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #9,710 |
| 2024 | 6 | #10,930 |
| 2023 | 9 | #8,250 |
| 2022 | 13 | #6,473 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 10 | #7,687 |
| 2008 | 10 | #7,693 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 6 | #10,144 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 8 | #7,636 |
| 2001 | 6 | #9,236 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 7 | #6,408 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 8 | #4,962 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #4,591 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #3,964 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #3,600 |
| 1963 | 5 | #4,047 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 5 | #3,942 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #3,870 |
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