Raman
Raman is a name of Indian origin, used both as a family name and as both a feminine and a masculine given name. Raman is also a Belarusian variant of the given name Roman. There may be other origins also.
- Tamil
- Malayalam
- Kannada
- Persian Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Raman
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Raman is a name of Indian origin, used both as a family name and as both a feminine and a masculine given name. Raman is also a Belarusian variant of the given name Roman. There may be other origins also.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Tamil
- Malayalam
- Kannada
- Persian Mythology
- Belarusian
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Punjabi
The Story of Raman
Raman first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1958, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1973: 15 births, good for #2,514 nationwide. About 27% of every Raman on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Raman last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 332 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Raman
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Raman. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Raman
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About the name Raman
Raman is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1958 and has accumulated 332 births in the dataset. Raman's peak popularity came in 1973 when it ranked #2,514. Use the chart and map above to compare Raman's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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