# Ramy (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ramy/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 1,131 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,131 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 181, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic رَامِي (rāmī).

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 29 | 3,674 |
| 2012 | 25 | 4,101 |
| 2013 | 18 | 5,123 |
| 2014 | 24 | 4,231 |
| 2015 | 18 | 5,234 |
| 2016 | 13 | 6,639 |
| 2017 | 17 | 5,469 |
| 2018 | 19 | 5,064 |
| 2019 | 22 | 4,606 |
| 2020 | 25 | 4,116 |
| 2021 | 33 | 3,476 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3,518 |
| 2023 | 42 | 2,990 |
| 2024 | 43 | 2,946 |
| 2025 | 52 | 2,563 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,039 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 6 | 2,964 |
| 2015 | 9 | 2,319 |
| 2016 | 6 | 3,079 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 6 | 3,013 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 10 | 2,125 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,449 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 13 | 1,859 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Ramy

- Ramy Bensebaini, Algerian footballer (born 1995)
- Ramy Rabia, Egyptian association football player
- Ramy Youssef, American stand-up comedian
- Ramy Ashour, Egyptian squash player
- Ramy Essam, Egyptian musician

## 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.