Ramiel

#6,717 in 2025Boys' name

Possibly thunder of God

Ramiel has been given to 174 babies in the U.S. since 1994. In 2025 it ranked #6,717 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2020, with 19 recorded.

Babies named Ramiel, 2025

1 in 255,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Ramiel: meaning, origin, and history

Possibly thunder of God

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Ramiel means

Ramiel may mean “thunder of God”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 174 boys were recorded with the name Ramiel between 1994 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 19 in 2020; its best national rank was #4,989 in 2020.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #4,989 in 2020 to #6,717 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #11,762 in 2015 to #6,717 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 Ramiel?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 255,000; 13 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 131,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #6,717; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 176,762 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Ramiel 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 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Ramiel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ramiels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Ramiel was born before 2019 — so the typical Ramiel is around 6 today.

Median birth year: 2019; About 6 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 48.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 94.3%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 174; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 48.3% of all recorded uses (84).

Is Ramiel 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: −881; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,728; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: +5,045; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 2.17×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 68.4%; Peak was 2020 (19)
Years since peak: 5; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.9% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,989; 2020

Spellings of Ramiel

Ramiel is not the most common spelling — Daniel is, with 61.6% against Ramiel's <0.01%.

Daniel61.6%1,982,812
Samuel25.5%820,196
Rafael2.8%89,379
Jamie2.8%88,654
Damien2.0%64,757
Ramiro0.80%25,930
Ariel0.68%21,968
Jamel0.35%11,225

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.

Ramiel around the world

Where Ramiel 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
2020–2025
#4,275
in 2025

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

Ramiel by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #6,717
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,728
Best rank ever: #4,989; 2020
Peak year: 2020; 19 that year
First recorded: 1994
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 174
Count in 2025: 13

Names similar to Ramiel

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

Ramelo Ramari Ramier Ramere Ramsay Ramell Rambo Ramaj Roniel Ramzey Ramesh Ramadan Asriel Addiel Ithiel Rameir Jehiel Zadiel Sariel Sadiel Joriel Juniel Edriel Ramzy

Sibling names for Ramiel

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 Keren Kendyl Abagail Anabel Hayleigh

For a brother

Kale Aaden Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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