Ramsay

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ramsay: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ramsay: Recorded since 1997, its highest recorded position is #382, reached in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
19times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#382highest recorded position
6groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2021

How to read this chart

A rank is a position in one registrar's list for one year.
Ranks from different countries are separate scales, so compare shapes, not numbers.
A rise in rank can be a small change in births, especially far down a list.

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2859
2002	#3225
2003	#3467
2006	#2087
2007	#4333
2008	#2507
2009	#3227
2010	#3865
2011	#3830
2012	#4805
2013	#4685
2015	#3373
2016	#2556
2017	#3449
2018	#3412
2019	#3411
2020	#3848
2021	#3990

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 18 of the 25 years from 1997 to 2021.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Year-by-year storyFirst recorded, most recent, each country and each decade

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2859 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2021
Most recently recorded at #3990 among boys in England and Wales, in 2021.
England and Wales · Boys

Ramsay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ramsay in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000sbusiest	29	6 of 10	5
2010s	42	9 of 10	5
2020s	8	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade — the 6 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names England and Wales has recorded the most births with →

Ramsay appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Full data tableEvery published rank and count

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #382 in Scotland in 2024.

Ramsay's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3848	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#3449	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#3373	5	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#4685	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#4805	3	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3830	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#3865	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#3227	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2507	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2859	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#382	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

Where Ramsay is officially recorded

2 official registrars have recorded Ramsay, between 1997 and 2024, in 19 of those 28 years. Each registrar publishes for its own population on its own methodology, so the positions below are each one country's own ranking and are not comparable with one another.

Each mark is a year the registrar recorded the name; the diamond is that registrar's highest position. Gaps can mean a year was not published, not that the name went unused.

Registrar	Recorded	Years	Its own highest position
England and Wales	1997–2021	18	#2087 in 2006
Scotland	2024	1	#382 in 2024

Its high point came 18 years earlier in England and Wales (2006) than in Scotland (2024).

No registrar recorded it for 4 years after 1997; it appears again in 2002.

Names measured beside itNeighbours, comparisons, related names and shared trajectories

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 19 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #382, first reached in 2024.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 9 births, registered in Scotland in 2024.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2024, and 27 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
8 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
5separate stretches the record falls into5 separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#382position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
9births registered in its largest year, 2024Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Ramunas · #248, 23y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Scarlett-Rose · #383, 20y
Venessa · #383, 15y
Adrianne · #380, 18y
Arlie · #384, 23y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Kaylen · #382, 30y
Ossian · #382, 27y
Raul · #382, 30y
Rubie · #382, 30y

Ramsay was ranked #382 in Scotland · Boys in 2024. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ahmed#382
Amir#382
Archibald#382
Ayan#382
Albi#404
Arham#404
Aydin#404
Christian#404

Ramsay and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,576 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ramsay without appearing here.

Ramsay moved ahead of

Joakim
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.
Kim
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #3822 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.
Morten
In 2014 they stood at #3830 and #2390 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.
Tayla
In 2014 they stood at #4685 and #4685 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #3373 and #4747.

Moved ahead of Ramsay

Braxton
In 2010 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #3830 and #1398.
Rune
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3411 and #2104.
Gunnar
In 2012 they stood at #3865 and #4678 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #4685 and #3822.
Aksel
In 2008 they stood at #2507 and #3158 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #3227 and #2837.

Moved the opposite way to Ramsay

Aksel
Between 2006 and 2021 in England and Wales · Boys, Ramsay went from #2087 to #3990 while Aksel went from #4052 to #1688.

What is known about Ramsay

How to read this

How often it is registered: Official record; 2 official registrars, 1997–2024.
Meaning: Not established; Not researched yet.
Origin: Not established; Not researched yet.
Pronunciation: Not established; Not recorded yet.

A claim marked not established does not mean the name lacks a meaning or is not widely used — only that Namewise has not sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #382 in Scotland in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ramsay

Ramsay at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ramsay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ramsay appears in

Popularity data

Where Ramsay is officially recorded

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ramsay

Ramsay and the names beside it

Ramsay moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ramsay

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What is known about Ramsay

Ramsay at a glance

Ramsay by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ramsay appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Ramsay

Ramsay and the names beside it

Ramsay moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ramsay

Moved the opposite way to Ramsay