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.

Ramses

#2,228 most common boys' name of all time · #5,366 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1970–2025

Rank among boys
#2,228
Rank overall
#5,366 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
55 of 146
All-time
3,460
Since 2016
1,143
Peak year
2008 #1,178
Best rank
#1,178 2008
Girls Boys peak 152/yr
198020002020

Ramses 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 — 95 95 #1,716
2024 — 125 125 #1,455
2023 — 117 117 #1,514
2022 — 104 104 #1,660
2021 — 117 117 #1,520
2020 — 91 91 #1,712
2019 — 111 111 #1,528
2018 — 120 120 #1,456
2017 — 136 136 #1,327
2016 — 127 127 #1,387
2015 — 114 114 #1,471
2014 — 98 98 #1,602
2013 — 93 93 #1,641
2012 — 86 86 #1,749
2011 — 103 103 #1,537
2010 — 108 108 #1,510
2009 — 125 125 #1,374
2008 — 152 152 #1,178
2007 — 119 119 #1,385
2006 — 120 120 #1,356
2005 — 130 130 #1,222
2004 — 92 92 #1,479
2003 — 78 78 #1,622
2002 — 92 92 #1,419
2001 — 83 83 #1,475
2000 — 84 84 #1,475
1999 — 59 59 #1,743
1998 — 46 46 #2,056
1997 — 44 44 #2,049
1996 — 33 33 #2,416
1995 — 46 46 #1,878
1994 — 30 30 #2,534
1993 — 25 25 #2,837
1992 — 32 32 #2,334
1991 — 32 32 #2,278
1990 — 34 34 #2,157
1989 — 23 23 #2,745
1988 — 17 17 #3,159
1987 — 20 20 #2,697
1986 — 18 18 #2,855
1985 — 9 9 #4,557
1984 — 14 14 #3,233
1983 — 17 17 #2,758
1982 — 13 13 #3,424
1981 — 18 18 #2,653
1980 — 19 19 #2,606
1979 — 12 12 #3,520
1978 — 13 13 #3,186
1977 — 15 15 #2,886
1976 — 10 10 #3,664
1975 — 10 10 #3,623
1974 — 12 12 #3,099
1973 — 5 5 #5,630
1972 — 8 8 #3,914
1970 — 6 6 #4,702