Rameses
Rameses is a name with a single cultural origin: Ancient Egyptian.
- Ancient Egyptian
Meaning & Origin of Rameses
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rameses is a name with a single cultural origin: Ancient Egyptian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Egyptian
The Story of Rameses
The earliest SSA record of Rameses as a baby boy name dates back to 1975, when 5 babies received it. 1999 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Rameses — #5,034 in the national rankings. The 2000s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 44% of all recorded Ramesess. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2022 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 198 Ramesess have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1970s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Rameses
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About the name Rameses
Rameses is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1975 and has accumulated 198 births in the dataset. Rameses's peak popularity came in 1999 when it ranked #5,034. Use the chart and map above to compare Rameses'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.