# Rama (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rama/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “rama” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɑmə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,406 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 276 / 1,130 (80% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 69, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राम (rāma). * (Oumuamua): The nickname derives from the similarity of Oumuamua to the fictional object "Rama" in the story Rendezvous with Rama, where that fictional object is named for the god.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 34 | 4,335 |
| 2012 | 35 | 4,277 |
| 2013 | 33 | 4,405 |
| 2014 | 19 | 6,651 |
| 2015 | 21 | 6,198 |
| 2016 | 21 | 6,143 |
| 2017 | 11 | 9,792 |
| 2018 | 11 | 9,681 |
| 2019 | 16 | 7,269 |
| 2020 | 5 | 16,992 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,870 |
| 2022 | 9 | 11,044 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,470 |
| 2024 | 19 | 6,347 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,699 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 5 | 9,970 |
| 1996 | 6 | 8,758 |
| 1998 | 10 | 6,191 |
| 2010 | 8 | 9,476 |
| 2012 | 8 | 9,502 |
| 2013 | 6 | 11,826 |
| 2015 | 9 | 8,568 |
| 2018 | 9 | 8,670 |
| 2019 | 11 | 7,513 |
| 2020 | 7 | 10,349 |
| 2021 | 8 | 9,492 |
| 2022 | 12 | 7,147 |
| 2023 | 12 | 7,198 |
| 2024 | 5 | 13,775 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,560 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1999 | 3 | 3,900 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2003 | 5 | 3,099 |
| 2005 | 6 | 2,970 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2010 | 7 | 3,156 |
| 2011 | 6 | 3,549 |
| 2012 | 5 | 4,171 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 3 | 4,527 |
| 2021 | 3 | 4,789 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |

## People named Rama

- Rama Duwaji, American artist, First Lady of New York City (born 1997)
- Rama Thiaw, director and filmmaker

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.