# Ramona (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ramona/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɹəˈmoʊnə/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 71,123 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 249 / 70,874 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 399, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Ramona.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 175 | 1,332 |
| 2012 | 200 | 1,218 |
| 2013 | 199 | 1,204 |
| 2014 | 237 | 1,084 |
| 2015 | 246 | 1,072 |
| 2016 | 288 | 952 |
| 2017 | 303 | 893 |
| 2018 | 323 | 841 |
| 2019 | 335 | 817 |
| 2020 | 337 | 804 |
| 2021 | 356 | 796 |
| 2022 | 361 | 787 |
| 2023 | 356 | 794 |
| 2024 | 366 | 771 |
| 2025 | 373 | 733 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 6 | 3,964 |
| 1961 | 9 | 3,050 |
| 1962 | 7 | 3,556 |
| 1964 | 8 | 3,225 |
| 1965 | 12 | 2,441 |
| 1966 | 5 | 4,397 |
| 1969 | 7 | 3,851 |
| 1970 | 5 | 5,269 |
| 1973 | 7 | 4,402 |
| 1974 | 6 | 5,096 |
| 1975 | 5 | 6,111 |
| 1976 | 8 | 4,315 |
| 1983 | 5 | 7,050 |
| 1985 | 5 | 7,339 |
| 1987 | 6 | 6,758 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 25 | 1,269 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 32 | 1,098 |
| 2014 | 25 | 1,299 |
| 2015 | 21 | 1,497 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,525 |
| 2017 | 20 | 1,568 |
| 2018 | 17 | 1,711 |
| 2019 | 13 | 2,040 |
| 2020 | 12 | 2,163 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,569 |
| 2022 | 12 | 2,178 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,541 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,584 |

## People named Ramona

- Ramona Neubert, East German heptathlete
- Ramona Portwich, East German canoe racer
- Ramona Kapheim, East German rower
- Ramona Young, American actress
- Ramona Fradon, American comic book and comic strip artist (1926–2024)
- Ramona Brussig, German judoka
- Ramona Galarza, Argentinian singer (1940–2020)
- Ramona Petzelberger, German association football player
- Ramona Roth, German cross-country skier
- Avril Lavigne, Canadian singer-songwriter (born 1984)
- Delta Burke, actress
- Sapphire, American author and poet

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.