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.

Rama*

#5,621 most common girls' name of all time · #9,536 across all names · 20% male / 80% female · used 1897–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among girls
#5,621
Rank overall
#9,536 of 105,966
First appeared
1897
Years on the list
103 of 146
All-time
1,406
Since 2016
192
Peak year
2010 #4,113
Best rank
#1,786 1897
Girls Boys peak 44/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Rama first appears in 1897. 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 8 11 19 #10,996
2024 19 5 24 #6,190
2023 11 12 23 #9,026
2022 9 12 21 #10,440
2021 6 8 14 #13,548
2020 5 7 12 #15,184
2019 16 11 27 #7,048
2018 11 9 20 #9,192
2017 11 11 #9,374
2016 21 21 #5,998
2015 21 9 30 #6,048
2014 19 19 #6,472
2013 33 6 39 #4,346
2012 35 8 43 #4,222
2011 34 34 #4,261
2010 36 8 44 #4,113
2009 20 20 #6,570
2008 16 16 #7,765
2007 25 25 #5,540
2006 22 22 #5,937
2005 32 32 #4,275
2004 22 22 #5,573
2003 20 20 #5,818
2002 27 27 #4,508
2001 17 17 #6,345
2000 25 25 #4,663
1999 27 27 #4,214
1998 14 10 24 #6,755
1997 18 18 #5,429
1996 18 6 24 #5,302
1995 7 5 12 #10,583
1994 9 9 #8,862
1993 9 9 #8,773
1992 5 5 #13,434
1991 6 6 12 #11,608
1990 5 5
1989 6 6
1988 5 5
1985 9 9
1984 7 7 #8,243
1983 5 5 #10,394
1982 5 5
1981 7 7
1980 8 8 #7,492
1979 6 6
1978 7 12 19 #7,724
1977 10 10
1976 13 13
1975 7 10 17 #7,255
1974 5 16 21 #8,893
1973 10 10
1972 5 10 15 #8,416
1971 5 9 14 #8,450
1970 6 10 16 #7,171
1969 8 8 #5,524
1968 5 5 #7,149
1967 6 6 #6,153
1966 6 6 #5,923
1965 7 7 #5,383
1964 6 6 #6,116
1962 7 7 #5,394
1961 6 6 #5,948
1960 7 7 #5,259
1959 11 11 #3,890
1957 7 7 #5,009
1956 7 7 #4,931
1955 9 9 #4,137
1954 15 15 #2,929
1953 9 9 #4,018
1952 10 10 #3,622
1951 11 11 #3,338
1950 13 13 #2,947
1949 10 10 #3,457
1948 18 18 #2,359
1947 12 12 #3,128
1946 8 8 #3,757
1945 9 9 #3,207
1944 13 13 #2,563
1943 14 14 #2,497
1942 10 10 #3,064
1941 8 8 #3,352
1940 11 11 #2,646
1939 8 8 #3,261
1938 11 11 #2,643
1937 9 9 #3,020
1936 5 5 #4,322
1935 10 10 #2,809
1934 14 14 #2,248
1933 11 11 #2,598
1932 5 5 #4,561
1930 10 10 #2,931
1929 12 12 #2,647
1928 13 13 #2,546
1927 6 6 #4,405
1926 9 9 #3,362
1925 7 7 #4,137
1924 7 7 #4,094
1921 6 6 #4,598
1920 10 10 #3,178
1919 8 8 #3,551
1915 7 7 #3,553
1902 5 5 #1,959
1897 5 5 #1,786