Ramsey

maleStatistical record

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

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

Ramsey: Recorded since 1997, it reached #1,398 in 2017, and it stood at #2,671 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
27times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1398highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Boys

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2337
1998	#2419
2000	#3036
2001	#1746
2002	#2254
2003	#3467
2004	#3651
2005	#2174
2006	#3385
2007	#2435
2008	#2775
2009	#2837
2010	#1911
2011	#2194
2012	#1507
2013	#2660
2014	#1721
2015	#1786
2016	#1804
2017	#1398
2018	#1786
2019	#1655
2020	#2404
2021	#3017
2022	#2165
2023	#3112
2024	#2671

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 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2337 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
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1398 among boys in England and Wales, in 2017 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2671 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ramsey 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 Ramsey in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	8	2 of 10	4
2000s	51	10 of 10	5
2010sbusiest	127	10 of 10	13
2020s	38	5 of 10	8

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 13 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ramsey appears in

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

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1398 in England and Wales in 2017.

Ramsey'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#2671	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2165	10	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3017	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#2404	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#1655	14	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#1398	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1804	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1786	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1721	13	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1507	16	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2194	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1911	11	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2837	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#2775	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#2435	7	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#3651	3	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#2254	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1746	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2419	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2337	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,398, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 18 births, registered in England and Wales in 2017.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

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 →
25 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#2,671position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
18births registered in its largest year, 2017Under 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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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, 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.

Binyamin · #1398, 23y
Ceejay · #1398, 27y
Yaqoob · #1398, 25y
Edson · #1401, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Binyamin · #1398, 23y
Ceejay · #1398, 27y
Yaqoob · #1398, 25y
Edson · #1401, 24y

Ramsey 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 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ramsey without appearing here.

Ramsey moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2660 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #1721 and #4632.
Brooke Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2837 and #2318 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1911 and #4678.
Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.
Jade Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #2813 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #2671 and #5119.

Moved ahead of Ramsey

Harper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2174 and #2754 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #3385 and #2087.
Mathias Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1746 and #3134 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #2254 and #1322.
Gustav Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2165 and #2320 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #2325.
Gunnar Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1655 and #2728 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #2404 and #1935.

Moved the opposite way to Ramsey

Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ramsey went from #1746 to #2671 while Harper went from #2587 to #1402.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't 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.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1398 in England and Wales in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ramsey

Ramsey at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ramsey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ramsey appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ramsey and the names beside it

Ramsey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ramsey

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Ramsey at a glance

Ramsey by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Ramsey appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Ramsey and the names beside it

Ramsey moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ramsey

Moved the opposite way to Ramsey