# Rona (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/rona/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,444 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,444 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 215, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Short for Corona.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 11 | 10,321 |
| 2011 | 13 | 9,045 |
| 2012 | 14 | 8,546 |
| 2013 | 12 | 9,503 |
| 2014 | 21 | 6,168 |
| 2015 | 26 | 5,270 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,103 |
| 2017 | 30 | 4,676 |
| 2018 | 24 | 5,431 |
| 2019 | 26 | 5,140 |
| 2020 | 18 | 6,589 |
| 2021 | 5 | 17,201 |
| 2022 | 8 | 12,032 |
| 2023 | 10 | 10,184 |
| 2024 | 7 | 13,195 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 9 | 2,589 |
| 2011 | 4 | 4,764 |
| 2012 | 8 | 2,969 |
| 2013 | 7 | 3,160 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,464 |
| 2015 | 8 | 2,945 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 10 | 2,502 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 12 | 2,170 |
| 2020 | 8 | 2,843 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Rona

- Rona Ambrose, Canadian politician

## 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.