Ramsey

Ramsey: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “wild garlic island”
Origin: Old English
Say it: RAM-zee · 2 syllables
Used for: Both (25% girls, 75% boys since 1880)

From an English and Scottish surname derived from Old English hramsa “wild garlic” and ēg “island.” It later came into use as a given name.

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How popular is Ramsey?

202449.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Ramsey in 2024164

2024 rank#1,748 boys

Peak year2021

Total US babies since 18808,707

Ramsey has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Ramsey

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Oakleyoak clearing · Old English
PeytonPæga's town · Old English
Suttonsouth settlement · Old English
Harleyhare meadow · Old English
Leightonsettlement by a meadow · Old English
Kingsleyking's meadow · Old English
Berkleybirch wood clearing · Old English
Ripleystrip of clearing in the woods · Old English

Ramsey questions

What does the name Ramsey mean?

Ramsey means "wild garlic island". It comes from Old English. From an English and Scottish surname derived from Old English hramsa “wild garlic” and ēg “island.” It later came into use as a given name.

Is Ramsey a boy or girl name?

Ramsey is used for both: about 25% of US babies named Ramsey since 1880 were girls.

How popular is Ramsey?

164 US babies were named Ramsey in 2024. Its peak year was 2021.

How do you pronounce Ramsey?

Ramsey is usually pronounced RAM-zee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.