Ramon

What Ramon means

Spanish, from Old French Raimunt, meaning “advice + protection”

From Old French Raimunt, from Frankish *Raginmund, from Proto-Germanic *raginą (“advice”) + *mundō (“protection”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Ramón” (revision 94542875), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Ramon?

US: Falling: down from #635 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1975, when 1,081 boys got the name (#203 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 5,931 baby boys in the US in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (1.54 per 1,000 boys), CO (0.48 per 1,000 boys), AZ (0.43 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Ramon is #850 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ramon were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Roman6,162 US · 1,420 E&W
• Rahman24 US · 7 E&W
• Romyn30 US
• Raymon21 US · 5 E&W
• Ramone24 US
• Ryman20 US
• Romen15 US
• Ramin9 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Ramon

Boys

• Nicholas#112“victory + people”^*
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Joseph#29“(God) shall add”^*
• Joshua#66“to save”^*
• Zachary#216“Yahweh has remembered”^*
• Tyler#219“tiler”^*

For a sister

• Jasmine#206Editor’s note Down from #110 in 2015 to #206 in 2025 in the US
• Sarah#90“masters, princes”^*
• Samantha#151“listener”^*
• Ashley#164“ash tree + wood, clearing”^*
• Andrea#235Feminine form of Andreas, meaning “manly”^*
• Rachel#250“ewe”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ramon’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.