# Rami (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rami/  
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 |
| Origin | Arabic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɹɑː.mi/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,122 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,886 / 236 (6% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 495, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَامِي (rāmī), masculine singular construct form of رَامٍ (rāmin). This surname is predominantly found in Morocco and India.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 10 | 8,439 |
| 1992 | 8 | 10,225 |
| 1995 | 5 | 15,162 |
| 1996 | 5 | 15,271 |
| 1997 | 5 | 15,544 |
| 1998 | 11 | 8,443 |
| 2001 | 9 | 10,813 |
| 2003 | 5 | 17,768 |
| 2005 | 6 | 15,984 |
| 2007 | 6 | 17,126 |
| 2010 | 5 | 19,198 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,487 |
| 2020 | 7 | 13,160 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,124 |
| 2022 | 5 | 17,221 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 82 | 1,777 |
| 2012 | 87 | 1,738 |
| 2013 | 63 | 2,134 |
| 2014 | 78 | 1,878 |
| 2015 | 56 | 2,345 |
| 2016 | 77 | 1,916 |
| 2017 | 85 | 1,800 |
| 2018 | 98 | 1,655 |
| 2019 | 122 | 1,439 |
| 2020 | 123 | 1,410 |
| 2021 | 158 | 1,222 |
| 2022 | 165 | 1,208 |
| 2023 | 165 | 1,212 |
| 2024 | 168 | 1,210 |
| 2025 | 195 | 1,106 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 18 | 1,370 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 16 | 1,546 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 29 | 974 |
| 2020 | 25 | 1,085 |
| 2021 | 34 | 888 |
| 2022 | 27 | 1,058 |
| 2023 | 27 | 1,071 |
| 2024 | 24 | 1,162 |
| 2025 | 44 | 763 |

## People named Rami

- Rami Malek, American actor (born 1981)
- Rami Jaffee, American musician
- Rami Al Hajj, Footballer (born 2001)
- Rami Hietaniemi, Finnish wrestler
- Sami Zayn, Canadian professional wrestler
- Ramy Sabry, Egyptian singer and actor
- Ramy Imam, Egyptian actor, director and producer
- Paul Yazigi, former Greek Orthodox metropolitan of Aleppo and Alexandretta

## 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.