Given name
Rameses
“born of the sun god”
Rameses is a variant of Ramses. One Egyptian interpretation is “born of the sun god.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Rameses is a variant of Ramses. One Egyptian interpretation is “born of the sun god.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Rameses is a variant of Ramses. An origin associated with Ramses is Egyptian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rameses through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 198
- 198 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1999
- 13 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −58%
- Cooling
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 246 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Rameses’s family of names
Rameses has a related form in Ramses.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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