Ramsey

Meaning: Wild garlic island
Origin: English surname

Boy's name · #1970 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

55% boys · 45% girls — Ramsey is also given to girls: 76 in 2025, about 45% in recent years. Ramsey →

Popularity over time

Ramsey reached its best rank, #849, in 1980 and ranked #1970 in 2025. Roughly 6,600 boys have been named Ramsey since 1894.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 7 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#2,095 in Canada (2025) · #3,684 in England & Wales (2025) · #6,429 in Ecuador (2025) · #728 in Scotland (2023) · #6,224 in France (2021) · #3,091 in Austria (2019) · #1,870 in Sweden (2012).

Famous Ramseys

Ramsey Clark — 66th United States Attorney General (1927–2021)
Ramsey Lewis — American jazz pianist and composer (1935–2022)
Ramsey Nouah — Nigerian actor (born 1970)
Ramsey Campbell — English writer (born 1946)
Ramsey Nijem — American mixed martial artist (born 1988)

As a surname

It is also an American family name — about 78,000 people carried it as a surname in the 2010 census.

Aaron Ramsey — Welsh former footballer (born 1990)
Norman Foster Ramsey — American physicist (1915–2011)
Bella Ramsey — British actor (born 2003)

What Ramseys become

Among 42 notable people named Ramsey:

Entertainers appear 2.46× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ramsey Nouah, Nigerian actor (born 1970).

Similar names: Kenton · Ramses · Kasey · Brenton · Rico · Rylen

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