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Ramiro

boy name
Origin
Spanish
Syllables
3
Peak era
1990s/2010s
Today
▬ Steady

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Meaning

from a Visigothic name written in Latin as Ramirus, earlier Ranimirus; the meaning of its first part is disputed, and the second means "famous"

The story

Above Oviedo, Santa María del Naranco opens through triple arches resting on columns. Asturias's heritage authority calls it the palace of Ramiro I, though the building's original purpose remains uncertain. It is a solid trace of a name whose own early meaning is not entirely settled. Ramiro, used in Spanish and Portuguese, comes through the Latinized Visigothic forms Ramirus and the earlier Ranimirus. Its first element may be rana, "wedge," or ragin, "law" or "decree"; the second, mers, means "famous." Spanish Ramírez and Portuguese Ramires both mean "son of Ramiro." These surnames preserve another kind of history: a relationship to a father. The arches give one Ramiro a landmark; the surnames show how a given name can leave quieter traces in other people's names.

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How popular is Ramiro around the world?

In the United States, 1,139 babies were named Ramiro between 2020 and 2025. In Argentina, 1,231 newborns were given the name Ramiro in 2024.

Ramiro is on the official records of the United States, Argentina, Montevideo, Spain, Chile, Mexico City and Brazil.

United States

1 in 19,000

In the United States, 1,139 babies were named Ramiro between 2020 and 2025.

1890speak 1990s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Ramiro peaked in the 1990s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure. In US birth records Ramiro has stayed between 1,139 and 4,696 births in every decade since the 1950s: a name everyone knows and few children get.

Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration

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Argentina

1 in 540

In Argentina, 1,231 newborns were given the name Ramiro in 2024.

2012peak 20172024

share of that year’s name registrations

Given-name components of births in Argentina 2012–2024; national cells are lower bounds and no sex split is published. Source: RENAPER (Argentina), Dirección Nacional de Población, given names 2012-2024

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Montevideo City

1 in 790 · 2011

In Montevideo, 31 boys named Ramiro were born in 2011, spelling variants counted together.

1940peak 2008

share of that year’s births on record

Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial

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Spain

1 in 5,300

In Spain, 8,421 residents are named Ramiro, the 304th most common name among men, with a mean age of 58.6 years.

Residents of Spain on 1 January 2025. Spain publishes how old a name’s living bearers are, not a birth series, so there is no year chart. Source: INE (Spain), Censo de Población anual, 1 January 2025

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Chile

1 in 8,100

In Chile, 22 boys were registered as Ramiro in 2021, every accent spelling counted together.

peak 19362021

share of that year’s name registrations

First-name registrations with Chile’s civil registry by year of registration, 1920–2021, counted as spelling groups (Sofía, Sofia and Sofìa are one name, shown with its most-registered spelling); the registry withholds nothing, nametree keeps the groups that reached 5 registrations in some year, and shares divide by every registration of the year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil e Identificación (Chile) via the guaguas package, first-name registrations 1920-2021

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Mexico City City

1 in 9,800

In Mexico City, there were 12 registrations of Ramiro in 2022.

peak 20002022

share of that year’s registrations in the city

Civil-registry acts in Mexico City by registration year. Counts are lower bounds (names under 6 in a month and borough are removed at source) and count name-instances, not people; compound names are split, so “Maria Jose” counts under each part. 2023 (1 registration through 3 Mar) is excluded as partial. Source: Registro Civil of Mexico City, open data portal, registered given names 2000-2023

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Brazil

1 in 19,000

At the 2022 census, 10,806 people in Brazil were named Ramiro, ranked 1,617th, with a median age of 52.
Among people named Ramiro living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1960s than in any other decade.

1930speak 1960s2010s

people alive at the 2022 census, by decade of birth

The census also counted 124 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart. People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

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Austria

last on record 2024

Ramiro is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)

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England and Wales

last on record 2024

Ramiro is not on the 2025 record for England and Wales, where spellings under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 7 in a year, too few to chart.

Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales

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Poland

last on record 2014

Ramiro is not on the 2025 record for Poland, where names given fewer than 2 times in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.

First names given to children born in Poland by year of birth, 2000–2025, from the PESEL population register (Ministry of Digital Affairs); exact spellings count separately (Łukasz and Lukasz are different names), names given fewer than 5 times in a year were left off the list through 2012 and fewer than 2 times from 2013, and the register also counts children born abroad, so its yearly sums run above Poland’s live births. Shares divide by the register’s own published total for the year, never by births. Source: Ministry of Digital Affairs, PESEL register (dane.gov.pl)

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Puerto Rico

last on record 1998

Ramiro is not on the 2025 record for Puerto Rico, which withholds births under 5, and 5 babies have carried the name there since 1998.
The count never rose above 5 in a year, too few to chart.

First given name only, from Social Security records of births in Puerto Rico; any name-sex-year under 5 births is withheld at source. Shares divide by the Puerto Rico Demographic Registry’s count of births on the island; the 2025 count is provisional. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, territory name file (Puerto Rico)

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South Australia

last on record 1981

Ramiro is not on the 2017 record for South Australia, whose registry publishes every name given that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.

Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names

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Not on the record in Canada, Ireland, New Zealand and Scotland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.

Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.

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When you meet Ramiro

Most people given the name Ramiro in the United States were born between 1970 and 2009. The Ramiro you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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