Given name & surname
Rambo
Rambo is a surname. It is used in English and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1984. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rambo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 149
- 149 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 18 babies
- 2025
- 6
- #11,687 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −25%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 6 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 11,687 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 25.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 18 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 226 as a first name in 2020; 6,462 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rambo’s family of names
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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