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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201975peak #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 1975

girls
#400
509 births · 1 in 2,864 girls
boys
#5,464
5 births · 1 in 312,271 boys

Top girls' names in 1975

  1. #1Jennifer58,190
  2. #2Amy32,254
  3. #3Heather24,301
  4. #4Melissa24,168
  5. #5Angela23,361
  6. #6Michelle22,665
  7. #7Kimberly20,257
  8. #8Lisa18,139
  9. #9Stephanie15,775
  10. #10Nicole14,275
  11. #400Ramona509

Top boys' names in 1975

  1. #1Michael68,418
  2. #2Jason52,159
  3. #3Christopher46,575
  4. #4James39,569
  5. #5David39,156
  6. #6Robert35,306
  7. #7John35,079
  8. #8Brian30,578
  9. #9Matthew28,527
  10. #10William25,561
  11. #5,464Ramona5
More about 1975

girls

1,457,861 girls got a published name in 1975; 1 in 2,864 of them was named Ramona, which outranked 96.2% of the 10,618 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ramona
  1. #397Lakeisha513
  2. #398Betsy512
  3. #398Cecilia512
  4. #400Ramona509
  5. #400Audra509
  6. #402Katina506
  7. #403Karin503
  8. #404Dianna501

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 1,732Pepper#2,683#951
  2. 1,666Mandie#2,396#730
  3. 1,140Tiana#1,772#632
  4. 779Lacy#1,486#707
  5. 719Lacey#1,284#565
Fallers
  1. 447Nia#672#1,119
  2. 429Alethea#716#1,145
  3. 404Cicely#608#1,012
  4. 307Elaina#994#1,301
  5. 303Cristin#938#1,241

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

boys

1,561,357 boys got a published name in 1975; 1 in 312,271 of them was named Ramona, which outranked 13.8% of the 6,337 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ramona
  1. #4,797Zerick6
  2. #4,797Ziad6
  3. #4,797Zuri6
  4. #5,464Ramona5
  5. #5,464Aaran5
  6. #5,464Aasim5
  7. #5,464Abbas5

Tied with 873 names at #5,464; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1974
Risers
  1. 722Benjiman#1,692#970
  2. 702Marques#1,520#818
  3. 645Glendon#1,409#764
  4. 502Benji#1,124#622
  5. 471Regan#1,409#938
Fallers
  1. 905Toma#882#1,787
  2. 830Vashon#923#1,753
  3. 352Bruno#993#1,345
  4. 327Hollis#953#1,280
  5. 303Domenico#977#1,280

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

See the top 100 for 1975