Ramiyah
A feminine name of Arabic origin meaning "shooter of arrows".
Name Census estimates that about 1,051 living Americans carry the first name Ramiyah. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Ramiyah today is around 14 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Ramiyah births was 2004 (106 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Ramiyah. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
Key insights
- • Ramiyah is a relatively new arrival in the SSA data. The average bearer is just 14 years old, meaning it gained most of its traction in the last two decades.
People living today
1.1K
~ 1 in 326,122 Americans
Peak year
2004
106 babies that year
Average age
14
years old
2024 SSA rank
#3,621
Tracked since 2003
Popularity
Ramiyah: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Ramiyah from the 2000s through to the 2020s, spanning 3 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 440 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Ramiyah remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Ramiyah by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Ramiyah during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Ramiyahs live
The SSA's state-level files cover 13 states and territories. Florida, Georgia, Ohio recorded the most babies named Ramiyah, while Tennessee, Indiana, Louisiana recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 20 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Ramiyah
The name Ramiyah is of Arabic origin and is derived from the root word "rami," which means "to throw" or "to shoot." It is a feminine name that has been in use for centuries in the Arab world.
In Islamic tradition, the name Ramiyah is often associated with the story of the Prophet Abraham and his wife Hagar. According to the Quran, when Abraham left Hagar and their son Ishmael in the desert, Hagar ran back and forth between the hills of Safa and Marwah in search of water. Eventually, a spring emerged at the spot where Ishmael was striking the ground with his heel, and this spring became the well of Zamzam in Mecca.
The earliest recorded use of the name Ramiyah dates back to the 7th century CE, during the early years of the Islamic Golden Age. One of the earliest notable figures with this name was Ramiyah bint Shurahbil al-Hamdaniyyah, who lived in the 8th century CE and was a renowned poet and scholar.
Throughout history, several other notable women have borne the name Ramiyah. In the 11th century, Ramiyah bint Ahmad al-Qayruwaniyyah was a famous scholar of hadith (Islamic tradition) and fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence) in Qayrawan, Tunisia. Another notable figure was Ramiyah bint Abi al-Qasim al-Baghdadiyyah, a 12th-century calligrapher and poet from Baghdad.
In the 13th century, Ramiyah bint Muhammad al-Mawsiliyyah was a renowned poet and scholar from Mosul, Iraq. She was known for her expertise in Arabic language, literature, and Islamic sciences.
More recently, in the 20th century, Ramiyah al-Husseini was a Palestinian activist and politician who played a significant role in the Palestinian national movement. She was born in 1905 and was a member of the prominent Husseini family of Jerusalem.
The name Ramiyah has maintained its popularity in the Arab world and among Muslim communities worldwide, with many parents choosing it for their daughters due to its rich cultural and religious significance.
People
Ramiyah + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Ramiyah as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with R
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Ramiyah: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ramiyah?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 1,051 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Ramiyah going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 326,122 US residents.
Is Ramiyah a common name?
We classify Ramiyah as "Rare". It ranks above 90.4% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 1,061 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Ramiyah most popular?
The single biggest year for Ramiyah was 2004, when 106 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Ramiyah is about 14 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
Is Ramiyah a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Ramiyah in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.