Ramesha

Girls' name

Husband of Lakshmi

Ramesha has been given to 74 babies in the U.S. since 1981. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1989, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Ramesha, 1999

1 in 738,000

Ramesha over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ramesha: meaning, origin, and history

Husband of Lakshmi

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ramesha means

Ramesha means “husband of Lakshmi”.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Ramesha is used in Hinduism.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 74 girls were recorded with the name Ramesha between 1981 and 1999. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1989; its best national rank was #6,426 in 1989.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Ramesha?

Ramesha had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1999, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1999: 1 in 738,000; 5 of 3,692,373 births
Among girls only: 1 in 355,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1999: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 511,873 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ramesha sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1999 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 511,873 children born in 1999 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ramesha. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Rameshas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ramesha was born before 1990 — so the typical Ramesha is around 35 today.

Median birth year: 1990; About 35 years old
Biggest decade: 1990s; 59.5% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 74; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1990s — 59.5% of all recorded uses (44).

Is Ramesha rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1989 (13)
Years since peak: 36; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 42.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,426; 1989

Spellings of Ramesha

Ramesha is not the most common spelling — Lakesha is, with 14.0% against Ramesha's 0.13%.

Lakesha14.0%8,168
Alesha12.9%7,547
Ayesha11.5%6,696
Tanesha9.1%5,307
Latesha5.3%3,110
Jamesha3.9%2,274
Tamisha3.8%2,188
Tamesha3.2%1,883

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Ramesha around the world

Where Ramesha ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1997–2002
#2,868
in 2002

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0.

Ramesha by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #6,426; 1989
Peak year: 1989; 13 that year
First recorded: 1981
Last recorded: 1999
All-time count: 74
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Ramesha

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Ramesha

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Stephani Ashli Felisha Jalisa Britany Chantelle Leandra Lissette

For a brother

Elizabeth Kelsey Garrick Lauren Hakeem Demario Jerrell Arron

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