Ramses
Boy · RAM-seez
Ramses is a boys' name, meaning “born of Ra”. In 2025 it ranked 1,708th for boys in the US (95 babies).
What does Ramses mean?
Ancient Egyptian royal name
“born of Ra”
Ramesses II, one of Egypt's greatest pharaohs, built the temples at Abu Simbel.
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Is Ramses a girl's or a boy's name?
Ramses is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 95 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ramses in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,708among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 95about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 95 boys in the US were named Ramses, making it the 1,708th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,707th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 152 boys. It first appears in the records in 1970.
2025 had fewer boys named Ramses than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Ramses in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ramses in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 95 | #1,708 |
| 2024 | 125 | #1,448 |
| 2023 | 117 | #1,508 |
| 2022 | 104 | #1,652 |
| 2021 | 117 | #1,514 |
| 2020 | 91 | #1,707 |
| 2019 | 111 | #1,523 |
| 2018 | 120 | #1,453 |
| 2017 | 136 | #1,321 |
| 2016 | 127 | #1,386 |
| 2015 | 114 | #1,468 |
| 2014 | 98 | #1,597 |
| 2013 | 93 | #1,635 |
| 2012 | 86 | #1,741 |
| 2011 | 103 | #1,533 |
| 2010 | 108 | #1,503 |
| 2009 | 125 | #1,367 |
| 2008 | 152 | #1,175 |
| 2007 | 119 | #1,380 |
| 2006 | 120 | #1,350 |
| 2005 | 130 | #1,215 |
| 2004 | 92 | #1,475 |
| 2003 | 78 | #1,608 |
| 2002 | 92 | #1,411 |
| 2001 | 83 | #1,468 |
| 2000 | 84 | #1,462 |
| 1999 | 59 | #1,730 |
| 1998 | 46 | #2,037 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,021 |
| 1996 | 33 | #2,375 |
| 1995 | 46 | #1,859 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 25 | #2,780 |
| 1992 | 32 | #2,298 |
| 1991 | 32 | #2,221 |
| 1990 | 34 | #2,123 |
| 1989 | 23 | #2,684 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,074 |
| 1987 | 20 | #2,637 |
| 1986 | 18 | #2,776 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 14 | #3,105 |
| 1983 | 17 | #2,675 |
| 1982 | 13 | #3,281 |
| 1981 | 18 | #2,568 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,535 |
| 1979 | 12 | #3,356 |
| 1978 | 13 | #3,069 |
| 1977 | 15 | #2,790 |
| 1976 | 10 | #3,469 |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 5 | #5,099 |
| 1972 | 8 | #3,620 |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
Names like Ramses
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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