Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ram

#4,473 most common boys' name of all time · #10,982 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#4,473
Rank overall
#10,982 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
56 of 146
All-time
1,123
Since 2016
425
Peak year
2024 #2,142
Best rank
#2,142 2024
Girls Boys peak 69/yr
198020002020

Ram first appears in 1970. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 49 49 #2,657
2024 — 69 69 #2,142
2023 — 43 43 #2,918
2022 — 53 53 #2,573
2021 — 35 35 #3,321
2020 — 30 30 #3,601
2019 — 27 27 #3,946
2018 — 34 34 #3,325
2017 — 43 43 #2,814
2016 — 42 42 #2,859
2015 — 30 30 #3,624
2014 — 39 39 #2,957
2013 — 39 39 #2,929
2012 — 32 32 #3,400
2011 — 41 41 #2,879
2010 — 22 22 #4,419
2009 — 26 26 #3,960
2008 — 29 29 #3,688
2007 — 18 18 #5,073
2006 — 28 28 #3,638
2005 — 19 19 #4,527
2004 — 23 23 #3,917
2003 — 17 17 #4,701
2002 — 18 18 #4,391
2001 — 17 17 #4,554
2000 — 11 11 #6,067
1999 — 18 18 #4,061
1998 — 12 12 #5,283
1997 — 12 12 #5,087
1996 — 17 17 #3,927
1995 — 12 12 #4,941
1994 — 9 9 #6,081
1993 — 11 11 #5,171
1992 — 11 11 #5,050
1991 — 9 9 #5,707
1990 — 7 7 #6,738
1989 — 10 10 #4,984
1988 — 13 13 #3,840
1987 — 8 8 #5,243
1986 — 7 7 #5,649
1985 — 6 6 #6,145
1984 — 9 9 #4,431
1983 — 8 8 #4,743
1982 — 11 11 #3,892
1981 — 10 10 #4,060
1980 — 9 9 #4,366
1979 — 7 7 #5,161
1978 — 8 8 #4,423
1977 — 7 7 #4,938
1976 — 12 12 #3,232
1975 — 9 9 #3,885
1974 — 7 7 #4,526
1973 — 6 6 #4,947
1972 — 9 9 #3,600
1971 — 7 7 #4,319
1970 — 8 8 #3,832