Given name
Ramses
“born of the sun god”
Ramses is used as a given name. One Egyptian interpretation is “born of the sun god.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Egyptian interpretation is “born of the sun god.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Egyptian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1970. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ramses through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,460
- 3,460 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2008
- 152 babies
- 2025
- 95
- #1,721 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −5%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 95 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,721 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.6% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 152 in 2008. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (27). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,224 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.
Ramses’s family of names
Ramses has a related form in Ramzan. Ramses has a related form in Rameses. Ramses has a related form in Ramesses.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ramessesvariant
- Ramsseslikely variant
- Ramzanvariant
- Ramzesvariant
- Ramesesvariant
- Ramsesslikely variant
- Rammseslikely variant
- Ramziesvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Ramses
- Ramses ShaffyDutch-French singer and actor (1933–2009)
- Ramses DebruyneBelgian cyclistborn 2002
- Ramses LonlackCameroonian basketball player (born 1989)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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