Meaning and history
From an English and Scottish surname derived from a place name meaning “garlic island” in Old English.
20062006: 114 births, rank #1,391
2007: 106 births, rank #1,496
2008: 113 births, rank #1,452
2009: 98 births, rank #1,618
2010: 97 births, rank #1,612
20112011: 105 births, rank #1,516
2012: 101 births, rank #1,562
2013: 119 births, rank #1,405
2014: 94 births, rank #1,641
2015: 131 births, rank #1,340
20162016: 150 births, rank #1,242
2017: 152 births, rank #1,207
2018: 128 births, rank #1,375
2019: 139 births, rank #1,312
2020: 123 births, rank #1,408
20212021: 134 births, rank #1,372
2022: 121 births, rank #1,496
2023: 97 births, rank #1,718
2024: 94 births, rank #1,752
20252025: 78 births, rank #1,959
Ramsey rose from #993 to #977 for boys between 1995 and 1997. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 134.