Ramone

Where Ramone comes from

The dictionaries list Ramone as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1956
    First appearance
    #3,942 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1984
    Peak, #1,000
    79 babies named Ramone — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1989
    Ramone Moore born
    American basketball player
  4. 1990
    Ramone McKenzie born
    Jamaican sprinter
  5. 1996
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #2,380.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Ramone Moore · American basketball player, born 1989
  • Ramone McKenzie · Jamaican sprinter, born 1990
  • Ramone Howell · Jamaican association football player, born 1995
  • Ramone Bailey · Jamaican long jumper, born 1991

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.