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.

Ramsey**

#1,265 most common boys' name of all time · #3,030 across all names · 75% male / 25% female · used 1894–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#1,265
Rank overall
#3,030 of 105,966
First appeared
1894
Years on the list
116 of 146
All-time
8,861
Since 2016
2,184
Peak year
2016 #1,242
Best rank
#849 1980
Girls Boys peak 265/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ramsey first appears in 1894. 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 76 78 154 #1,961
2024 70 94 164 #1,756
2023 92 97 189 #1,719
2022 67 121 188 #1,498
2021 120 134 254 #1,373
2020 94 123 217 #1,410
2019 109 139 248 #1,313
2018 114 128 242 #1,377
2017 111 152 263 #1,211
2016 115 150 265 #1,242
2015 83 131 214 #1,342
2014 60 94 154 #1,646
2013 49 119 168 #1,406
2012 55 101 156 #1,563
2011 52 105 157 #1,517
2010 48 97 145 #1,614
2009 41 98 139 #1,619
2008 45 113 158 #1,456
2007 44 106 150 #1,498
2006 46 114 160 #1,393
2005 75 123 198 #1,268
2004 53 102 155 #1,398
2003 39 117 156 #1,240
2002 38 109 147 #1,249
2001 44 88 132 #1,417
2000 29 110 139 #1,223
1999 29 86 115 #1,376
1998 42 118 160 #1,093
1997 48 134 182 #977
1996 27 87 114 #1,267
1995 19 126 145 #989
1994 28 112 140 #1,056
1993 29 88 117 #1,197
1992 17 99 116 #1,105
1991 17 129 146 #934
1990 20 98 118 #1,074
1989 14 94 108 #1,086
1988 14 78 92 #1,134
1987 11 112 123 #885
1986 25 91 116 #961
1985 19 96 115 #930
1984 19 104 123 #864
1983 8 91 99 #926
1982 13 96 109 #915
1981 14 107 121 #854
1980 8 109 117 #849
1979 8 100 108 #871
1978 10 70 80 #1,043
1977 14 83 97 #934
1976 6 61 67 #1,071
1975 — 56 56 #1,134
1974 8 69 77 #990
1973 — 58 58 #1,070
1972 6 46 52 #1,219
1971 6 44 50 #1,262
1970 6 52 58 #1,154
1969 — 41 41 #1,242
1968 — 52 52 #1,031
1967 — 36 36 #1,261
1966 — 40 40 #1,186
1965 5 27 32 #1,499
1964 — 36 36 #1,318
1963 — 27 27 #1,534
1962 — 13 13 #2,304
1961 — 20 20 #1,844
1960 — 27 27 #1,562
1959 — 21 21 #1,775
1958 — 25 25 #1,575
1957 — 20 20 #1,809
1956 — 23 23 #1,655
1955 — 17 17 #1,936
1954 — 16 16 #1,984
1953 — 24 24 #1,570
1952 — 22 22 #1,644
1951 — 22 22 #1,618
1950 — 15 15 #1,970
1949 — 16 16 #1,901
1948 — 13 13 #2,156
1947 — 17 17 #1,874
1946 — 17 17 #1,791
1945 — 7 7 #2,812
1944 — 8 8 #2,702
1943 — 13 13 #2,110
1942 — 12 12 #2,196
1941 — 9 9 #2,544
1940 — 15 15 #1,840
1939 — 16 16 #1,749
1938 — 11 11 #2,240
1937 — 9 9 #2,548
1936 — 10 10 #2,361
1935 — 10 10 #2,443
1934 — 6 6 #3,369
1933 — 14 14 #1,948
1932 — 12 12 #2,237
1931 — 6 6 #3,467
1930 — 7 7 #3,349
1929 — 10 10 #2,637
1928 — 9 9 #2,912
1927 — 12 12 #2,444
1926 — 12 12 #2,483
1925 — 14 14 #2,240
1924 — 15 15 #2,172
1923 — 16 16 #2,067
1922 — 13 13 #2,398
1921 — 11 11 #2,684
1920 — 10 10 #2,823
1919 — 7 7 #3,465
1918 — 12 12 #2,442
1917 — 14 14 #2,138
1916 — 13 13 #2,192
1915 — 11 11 #2,369
1914 — 8 8 #2,523
1913 — 7 7 #2,352
1912 — 7 7 #2,136
1910 — 5 5 #1,722
1894 — 7 7 #952