Given name & surname
Rami
“a loving man”
Rami is used as a given name and a surname. One Arabic interpretation is “a loving man.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a loving man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
In Finnish usage, Rami is a diminutive of Aabraham.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Rami through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,122
- 3,886 boys · 236 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 195 babies
- 2025
- 195
- #1,106 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +66%
- Rising fast
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 98% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 195 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,106 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 68.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (34). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,690 as a first name in 2020; 716 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.
Rami’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Rami is a diminutive of Aabraham. Rami has a related form in Ramy. Rami has a related form in Ramie.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 7
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Rami
- Rami MalekAmerican actor (born 1981)
- Rami HamdallahPalestinian politician (born 1958)
- Sami ZaynCanadian professional wrestlerborn 1984
- Rami ShaabanSwedish association football playerborn 1975
- Rami BedouiTunisian association football playerborn 1990
- Rami SaariIsraeli poet, linguist and translator (born 1963)
- Ramy SabryEgyptian singer and actorborn 1978
- Rami GershonIsraeli footballerborn 1988
- Rami AnisSyrian swimmerborn 1991
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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