NameTides

Ptolemy

Ptolemy was the #9,714 boys' name in the US in 2025 (7 babies).

Ptolemy as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
Ptolemy as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.118801900192019401960198020002020US
Ptolemy as a boy’s name, US, England & WalesBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.030.050.080.11880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & Wales
2025#9,714 (7)—
2024—#5,120 (3)
2023#12,239 (5)—
2022#10,863 (6)#3,450 (5)
2020#10,605 (6)#3,848 (4)
2019#10,803 (6)—
2018—#2,693 (7)
2017—#4,812 (3)
2016#8,146 (9)#4,023 (4)
2015—#3,004 (6)
2014—#2,248 (9)
2013—#4,685 (3)
2012—#4,805 (3)
2011#9,600 (7)#1,909 (11)
2010—#1,801 (12)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2016 at #8,146.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 2003.

How common is it?

about 1 in 250,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.