Ram Boy
How popular is Ram?
#2,641 boy name in 2025
49 baby boys were named Ram in the US in 2025, making it the 2641st most popular boy name.
Ram popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,641 for boys (▼ 508 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 49 boys |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+63% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,590 in 2015, #3,568 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2024 (69 boys) |
| Highest rank | #2,133 in 2024 |
| First recorded | 1970 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ram counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Ram family of names ranked #1,892 for boys in 2025 (#1,652 the year before), with 61 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Ram | 49 | 80% |
| Rahm | 12 | 20% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ram is most popular
Babies named Ram per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New Jersey: 0.1 per 1,000 (12 boys)
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (41 boys)
- Texas: 0.0 per 1,000 (25 boys)
- Georgia: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 boys)
- North Carolina: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 boys)
Ram by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 80 | #3,093 |
| 1980s | 91 | #3,690 |
| 1990s | 118 | #3,824 |
| 2000s | 206 | #3,600 |
| 2010s | 349 | #2,797 |
| 2020s | 279 | #2,133 |
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Questions
- Is Ram a boy or girl name?
- Ram is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ram were boys.
- How popular is the name Ram?
- 49 baby boys were named Ram in the US in 2025, making it the 2641st most popular boy name.
- When was Ram most popular?
- Ram peaked in 2024, when 69 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,133 in 2024.
- How many people are named Ram?
- 1,123 babies have been named Ram in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,101 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Ram most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ram was most common in New Jersey, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.