boy's name

Ramy

  • Origin Arabic
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 2,821

Scotland

#705

2020 births

Ramy is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 52 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Ramy is a name of Arabic origin.
  • Peaked in 2025, when 52 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 63,759 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1973.

Ramy over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

246
'70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Ramy by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1970s 66
1980s 174
1990s 213
2000s 246
2010s 204
2020s (to 2025) 228

How popular is Ramy?

In 2025, Ramy was given to 52 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Ramy is used

Scotland #705 4 in 2020
France #1,248 30 in 2025
Canada #1,807 12 in 2024
England & Wales #2,430 10 in 2025
United States #2,571 52 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Ramy

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Ramy also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Ramy over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Ramy in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Ram Ramie

Sibling names for Ramy

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Ramy — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Ramy

How popular is the name Ramy?

In 2025, Ramy was given to 52 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Ramy a girl's or a boy's name?

Ramy is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Ramy most popular?

Ramy peaked in 2025, when 52 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Ramy a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Ramy currently ranks #1,248 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.