Ramesses

#6,359 in 2025Boys' name

He is born of Ra

Ramesses has been given to 214 babies in the U.S. since 2007. In 2025 it ranked #6,359 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2018, with 23 recorded.

Babies named Ramesses, 2025

1 in 237,000

Ramesses over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ramesses: meaning, origin, and history

He is born of Ra

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ramesses means

Ramesses means “he is born of Ra”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 214 boys were recorded with the name Ramesses between 2007 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 23 in 2018; its best national rank was #4,454 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,635 in 2020 to #6,359 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #6,983 in 2015 to #6,359 in 2025.

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 Ramesses?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 237,000; 14 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 122,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #6,359; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 164,137 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ramesses sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 164,137 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ramesses. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ramessess were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ramesses was born before 2018 — so the typical Ramesses is around 7 today.

Median birth year: 2018; About 7 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 58.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 214; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 58.4% of all recorded uses (125).

Is Ramesses 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: +1,272; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: −724; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +624; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.17×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 60.9%; Peak was 2018 (23)
Years since peak: 7; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,454; 2018

Spellings of Ramesses

Ramesses is not the most common spelling — Ramses is, with 94.2% against Ramesses's 5.8%.

Ramses94.2%3,460
Ramesses5.8%214

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.

Where Ramesses is used

Across 1910–2025, Ramesses was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,705,342 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —
2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Ramesses has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Ramesses around the world

Where Ramesses 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.

South Australia
1999–1999
#539
in 1999

Popularity data from Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Ramesses by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,359
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 724
Best rank ever: #4,454; 2018
Peak year: 2018; 23 that year
First recorded: 2007
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 214
Count in 2025: 14

Names similar to Ramesses

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

Rameses Ramsses Ramses Ramadan Ramari Ramelo Ramiel Manases Ramsay Ramello Ramell Ramier Ramere Eulises Rambo Ramaj Ramondo Ramesh Ramzy Ramona Ramzey Rameir Ramarion Ramadhani

Sibling names for Ramesses

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

Annabell Karleigh Adelle Kendyl Anabel Hayleigh Shaniya Jaiden

For a brother

Hamilton Kale Aaden Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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