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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201985peak #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 1985

girls
#781
215 births · 1 in 8,004 girls
boys
#6,523
5 births · 1 in 369,642 boys

Top girls' names in 1985

  1. #1Jessica48,345
  2. #2Ashley47,010
  3. #3Jennifer42,661
  4. #4Amanda39,055
  5. #5Sarah24,879
  6. #6Stephanie23,243
  7. #7Nicole22,966
  8. #8Heather21,151
  9. #9Elizabeth20,545
  10. #10Megan20,013
  11. #781Ramona215

Top boys' names in 1985

  1. #1Michael64,934
  2. #2Christopher59,609
  3. #3Matthew47,075
  4. #4Joshua42,194
  5. #5Daniel38,559
  6. #6David38,522
  7. #7James35,862
  8. #8Robert32,094
  9. #9John31,502
  10. #10Joseph30,222
  11. #6,523Ramona5
More about 1985

girls

1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 8,004 of them was named Ramona, which outranked 93.8% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ramona
  1. #776Tess218
  2. #779Tamra217
  3. #780Janae216
  4. #781Ramona215
  5. #781Kourtney215
  6. #781Stevie215
  7. #784Kathrine214
  8. #785Glenda213
  9. #785Ingrid213

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

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 7,360Kayleigh#8,153#793
  2. 1,675Madison#2,299#624
  3. 1,167Cierra#1,633#466
  4. 1,002Ciera#1,703#701
  5. 787Krystina#1,332#545
Fallers
  1. 1,164Grisel#784#1,948
  2. 893Ciji#963#1,856
  3. 419Falon#914#1,333
  4. 364Alesia#969#1,333
  5. 362Echo#845#1,207

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

boys

1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 369,642 of them was named Ramona, which outranked 14.0% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ramona
  1. #5,785Zacharey6
  2. #5,785Zakaria6
  3. #5,785Zebediah6
  4. #6,523Ramona5
  5. #6,523Aamil5
  6. #6,523Aarik5
  7. #6,523Abayomi5

Tied with 1,063 names at #6,523; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1984
Risers
  1. 2,425Jaymes#3,270#845
  2. 977Trace#1,933#956
  3. 933Durrell#1,656#723
  4. 793Durell#1,399#606
  5. 562Brandyn#1,444#882
Fallers
  1. 420Anwar#951#1,371
  2. 345Zebulon#976#1,321
  3. 303Tavares#925#1,228
  4. 250Alonso#931#1,181
  5. 228Abdul#1,000#1,228

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

See the top 100 for 1985