Ramsey
Boy
Ramsey is a boys' name, meaning “wild garlic”. In 2025 it ranked 3,747th for boys in the UK (5 babies) and 1,959th for boys in the US (78 babies).
What does Ramsey mean?
“wild garlic”
A male given name transferred from the surname.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Ramsey a girl's or a boy's name?
Ramsey is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the UK and 76 girls and 78 boys in the US.
How popular is Ramsey in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,747among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 60,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the UK were named Ramsey, making it the 3,747th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,359th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 21 boys.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Ramsey than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Ramsey in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 3,656th in England and Wales.
Ramsey in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #3,747 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,359 |
| 2019 | 15 | #1,683 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 21 | #1,331 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 14 | #1,779 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 10 | #2,158 |
| 2010 | 13 | #1,805 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 8 | #2,337 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,013 |
| 2005 | 9 | #1,957 |
| 2004 | 3 | #3,792 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 5 | #2,358 |
| 2001 | 7 | #1,833 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 4 | #2,531 |
| 1997 | 4 | #2,438 |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Ramsey in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,959among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 78about 1 in 22,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 78 boys in the US were named Ramsey, making it the 1,959th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,408th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 152 boys. It first appears in the records in 1894. 76 girls were also named Ramsey in 2025 (2,368th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Ramsey than any year since 1988.
Half of all the boys named Ramsey in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Girls were 16% of the babies named Ramsey in the US in 1965, and 49% in 2025.
Ramsey in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 78 | #1,959 |
| 2024 | 94 | #1,752 |
| 2023 | 97 | #1,718 |
| 2022 | 121 | #1,496 |
| 2021 | 134 | #1,372 |
| 2020 | 123 | #1,408 |
| 2019 | 139 | #1,312 |
| 2018 | 128 | #1,375 |
| 2017 | 152 | #1,207 |
| 2016 | 150 | #1,242 |
| 2015 | 131 | #1,340 |
| 2014 | 94 | #1,641 |
| 2013 | 119 | #1,405 |
| 2012 | 101 | #1,562 |
| 2011 | 105 | #1,516 |
| 2010 | 97 | #1,612 |
| 2009 | 98 | #1,617 |
| 2008 | 113 | #1,452 |
| 2007 | 106 | #1,496 |
| 2006 | 114 | #1,391 |
| 2005 | 123 | #1,265 |
| 2004 | 102 | #1,392 |
| 2003 | 117 | #1,232 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,241 |
| 2001 | 88 | #1,411 |
| 2000 | 110 | #1,218 |
| 1999 | 86 | #1,371 |
| 1998 | 118 | #1,089 |
| 1997 | 134 | #974 |
| 1996 | 87 | #1,263 |
| 1995 | 126 | #984 |
| 1994 | 112 | #1,049 |
| 1993 | 88 | #1,192 |
| 1992 | 99 | #1,101 |
| 1991 | 129 | #930 |
| 1990 | 98 | #1,068 |
| 1989 | 94 | #1,078 |
| 1988 | 78 | #1,128 |
| 1987 | 112 | #883 |
| 1986 | 91 | #957 |
| 1985 | 96 | #927 |
| 1984 | 104 | #863 |
| 1983 | 91 | #924 |
| 1982 | 96 | #914 |
| 1981 | 107 | #851 |
| 1980 | 109 | #847 |
| 1979 | 100 | #871 |
| 1978 | 70 | #1,040 |
| 1977 | 83 | #933 |
| 1976 | 61 | #1,067 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,127 |
| 1974 | 69 | #988 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,068 |
| 1972 | 46 | #1,210 |
| 1971 | 44 | #1,254 |
| 1970 | 52 | #1,142 |
| 1969 | 41 | #1,231 |
| 1968 | 52 | #1,026 |
| 1967 | 36 | #1,252 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,178 |
| 1965 | 27 | #1,482 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,310 |
| 1963 | 27 | #1,512 |
| 1962 | 13 | #2,278 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 27 | #1,551 |
| 1959 | 21 | #1,758 |
| 1958 | 25 | #1,556 |
| 1957 | 20 | #1,790 |
| 1956 | 23 | #1,641 |
| 1955 | 17 | #1,901 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,955 |
| 1953 | 24 | #1,550 |
| 1952 | 22 | #1,614 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,597 |
| 1950 | 15 | #1,940 |
| 1949 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,114 |
| 1947 | 17 | #1,849 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,758 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 13 | #2,073 |
| 1942 | 12 | #2,144 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 15 | #1,802 |
| 1939 | 16 | #1,712 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,185 |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 10 | #2,301 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,396 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 14 | #1,905 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 7 | #3,287 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1926 | 12 | #2,435 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,019 |
| 1922 | 13 | #2,346 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 10 | #2,764 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 14 | #2,090 |
| 1916 | 13 | #2,151 |
| 1915 | 11 | #2,309 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,456 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 7 | #856 |
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