Ramesses
Ramesses is a name with a single cultural origin: Ancient Egyptian.
- Ancient Egyptian
Meaning & Origin of Ramesses
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ramesses 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 Ramesses
American parents first put Ramesses on the record books as a baby boy name in 2007, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2018, when 23 Ramessess were born — ranking #4,354 that year. About 57% of every Ramesses on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ramesses ranks #7,187 for baby boys with 10 births, falling sharply (-41%). All told, over 220 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ramesses
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ramesses. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Ramesses
Ramesses is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2007 and has accumulated 220 births in the dataset. Ramesses's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #4,354. Use the chart and map above to compare Ramesses'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.