Name meaning & stats
Ramsey
Ramsey. 8,547 US babies since 1940, peak 2016.
What it means
No agreed meaning on record
Originally a surname.
In US birth records
Peak year: 2016
8,547 US babies were named Ramsey between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Ramsey (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 82% of the family
- Ramsey 82%
- Ramzi 8%
- Ramsay 4%
- Ramzy 4%
- Ramzey 2%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2016)