Ramses
Ramses is a name with a single cultural origin: Ancient Egyptian.
- Ancient Egyptian
Meaning & Origin of Ramses
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ramses 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 Ramses
American parents first put Ramses on the record books as a baby boy name in 1970, with 6 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2008, when 152 Ramsess were born — ranking #1,175 that year. About 30% of every Ramses on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Ramses ranks #1,431 for baby boys with 130 births, holding steady (+5%). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ramses
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ramses. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Ramses
Ramses is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1970 and has accumulated 4K births in the dataset. Ramses's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #1,175. Use the chart and map above to compare Ramses'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.