Ramona

#733 for girls in 2025, 373 births · Last seen for boys in 1987 at #6,089
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1928 · 2,239 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
70,874
since 1881

Ramona over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ramona has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201930peak #117, 1928girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#733373
2024#770366
2023#790356
2022#787361
2021#793356
2020#803337
2019#817335
2018#839323
2017#890303
2016#949288
2015#1,068246
2014#1,079237
2013#1,203199
2012#1,214200
2011#1,329175
2010#1,678126
2009#1,934108
2008#1,844116
2007#2,11795
2006#2,30882
2005#2,10688
2004#2,28676
2003#2,12582
2002#2,14278
2001#2,11578
2000#2,08978
1999#1,73892
1998#2,08370
1997#1,98372
1996#1,571100
1995#1,456110
1994#1,346124
1993#1,485107
1992#1,149153
1991#1,173149
1990#1,219138
1989#1,048163
1988#876201
1987#829210#6,0896
1986#877189
1985#781215#6,5235
1984#798199
1983#643267#6,2385
1982#634284
1981#603306
1980#580317
1979#505393
1978#499387
1977#400519
1976#444437#4,0128
1975#400509#5,4645
1974#393519#4,6346
1973#353598#4,0547
1972#334687
1971#322821
1970#309914#4,7245
1969#289968#3,5957
1968#2591,040
1967#2651,016
1966#2481,146#3,9485
1965#2431,269#2,36612
1964#2371,348#3,0508
1963#2291,434
1962#2171,520#3,3057
1961#2121,630#2,9009
1960#2141,555#3,6656
1959#2051,647#2,8219
1958#2091,553#3,9445
1957#2021,717
1956#1991,643#3,9425
1955#1961,646#2,9648
1954#1951,610#3,8275
1953#2051,455#3,7985
1952#2241,228
1951#2301,115
1950#2351,036
1949#256877
1948#269831
1947#251869#3,7335
1946#269723
1945#267650#2,9966
1944#266676
1943#240795
1942#248756
1941#221786#2,8727
1940#210840
1939#200886
1938#1901,001#2,8687
1937#1881,018#3,5185
1936#197859#2,30110
1935#197885#3,2526
1934#192929
1933#180952
1932#1801,048#3,0927
1931#1641,130#2,20712
1930#1491,410#4,0015
1929#1202,036#2,09614
1928#1172,239#2,38712
1927#277566
1926#307466
1925#313450#2,75510
1924#324429
1923#329390
1922#356339
1921#334391
1920#338374
1919#346344
1918#345358
1917#366296
1916#371278#3,8975
1915#395231
1914#367207
1913#347196
1912#402132
1911#45681
1910#43484
1909#51653
1908#43070
1907#42471
1906#42365
1905#46453
1904#49145
1903#54935
1902#46744
1901#61526
1900#65629
1899#46140
1898#55533
1897#62724
1896#59427
1895#54729
1894#69718
1893#66219
1892#66619
1891#83911
1890#79112
1889#9508
1888#75312
1887#7889
1886
1885
1884#9306
1883#7547
1882#8136
1881#6797
1880
First appearance
1881

The first year at least five girls were named Ramona! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1885–1886, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ramona
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 37 spots since 2024 (#770#733)
  • 70 spots since 2020 (#803#733)
  • 335 spots since 2015 (#1,068#733)
  • Biggest jump: 173 spots in 1892 (#839#666)
  • Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1889 (#753#950)
Rise & fade · girls
47 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1928 at #117 (2,239 births)
  • Births halved by 1932, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 116 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 116 yrs · run 1887–1988
Share of babies · girls
1 in 515
  • Highest: 1 in 515 girls born in 1928 were named Ramona (0.19%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,309 girls born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 20.7% of all girls named Ramona (14,650) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s55#679 (1881)#810
1890s232#461 (1899)#644
1900s491#423 (1906)#504
1910s2,207#345 (1918)#383
1920s7,680#117 (1928)#282
1930s10,118#149 (1930)#184
1940s7,803#210 (1940)#250
1950s14,650#195 (1954)#210
1960s12,926#212 (1961)#241
1970s5,784#309 (1970)#396
1980s2,351#580 (1980)#767
1990s1,115#1,149 (1992)#1,520
2000s881#1,844 (2008)#2,107
2010s2,432#817 (2019)#1,107
2020s2,149#733 (2025)#779

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Ramona in 1930

girls
#149
1,410 births · 1 in 799 girls
boys
#4,001
5 births · 1 in 219,476 boys

Top girls' names in 1930

  1. #1Mary64,153
  2. #2Betty38,240
  3. #3Dorothy30,411
  4. #4Helen19,913
  5. #5Margaret18,350
  6. #6Barbara18,279
  7. #7Patricia15,751
  8. #8Joan15,478
  9. #9Doris15,464
  10. #10Ruth14,942
  11. #149Ramona1,410

Top boys' names in 1930

  1. #1Robert62,153
  2. #2James53,957
  3. #3John52,447
  4. #4William47,271
  5. #5Richard32,187
  6. #6Charles31,867
  7. #7Donald29,052
  8. #8George22,788
  9. #9Joseph20,981
  10. #10Edward17,352
  11. #4,001Ramona5
More about 1930

girls

1,125,927 girls got a published name in 1930; 1 in 799 of them was named Ramona, which outranked 97.2% of the 5,247 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ramona
  1. #146Alberta1,464
  2. #147Constance1,463
  3. #148Eunice1,438
  4. #149Ramona1,410
  5. #150Mabel1,369
  6. #151Verna1,359
  7. #152Jennie1,352
Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 701Claudette#1,642#941
  2. 583Ardeth#1,212#629
  3. 445Julianne#1,339#894
  4. 376Sonja#1,223#847
  5. 374Armida#1,174#800
Fallers
  1. 348Ingrid#941#1,289
  2. 315Coralie#895#1,210
  3. 229Elenor#981#1,210
  4. 229Mammie#981#1,210
  5. 226Sibyl#902#1,128

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,097,378 boys got a published name in 1930; 1 in 219,476 of them was named Ramona, which outranked 11.9% of the 4,542 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ramona
  1. #3,592Zacarias6
  2. #3,592Zeke6
  3. #3,592Zygmunt6
  4. #4,001Ramona5
  5. #4,001Abbott5
  6. #4,001Acel5
  7. #4,001Adams5

Tied with 541 names at #4,001; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1929
Risers
  1. 3,094Derl#3,959#865
  2. 420Clive#1,378#958
  3. 380Farris#1,272#892
  4. 368Earlie#1,296#928
  5. 357Winton#1,272#915
Fallers
  1. 486Americo#729#1,215
  2. 433Enrico#995#1,428
  3. 371Eliseo#844#1,215
  4. 312Meyer#878#1,190
  5. 304Hilbert#869#1,173

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1930