Raman was the #2,952 boys' name in England & Wales in 2025 (7 babies).
Raman as a boy’s name
US
England & Wales
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
England & Wales
Canada
2025
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#2,952 (7)
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2024
#12,349 (5)
#2,672 (8)
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2023
#9,763 (7)
#2,814 (7)
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2022
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#2,321 (9)
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2020
#10,605 (6)
#2,228 (9)
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2019
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#4,702 (3)
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2018
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#3,412 (5)
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2017
#9,696 (7)
#2,734 (7)
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2016
#9,664 (7)
#1,804 (13)
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2015
#8,744 (8)
#2,150 (10)
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2014
#8,781 (8)
#1,935 (11)
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2013
#9,655 (7)
#2,660 (7)
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2012
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#1,962 (11)
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2011
#10,808 (6)
#2,039 (10)
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2010
#10,766 (6)
#2,941 (6)
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Raman as a girl’s name
England & Wales
Canada
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
England & Wales
Canada
2013
#5,742 (3)
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2011
#4,764 (4)
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2010
#4,688 (4)
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2009
#4,564 (4)
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2008
#3,397 (6)
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2003
#3,594 (4)
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2002
#2,868 (5)
#2,609 (5)
2001
#3,262 (4)
#1,574 (10)
2000
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#2,491 (5)
1999
#3,225 (4)
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1998
#3,848 (3)
#2,019 (7)
1997
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#2,460 (5)
1995
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#1,831 (8)
1994
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#2,277 (5)
1993
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#1,740 (8)
The tide so far
Peaked in England & Wales in 2016 at #1,804.
Holding steady over the last five years.
In the England & Wales records since the data begins in 1996.
How common is it?
about 1 in 38,000 baby boys in the published England & Wales 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.
Spellings
Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.