Ramona

What Ramona means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Ramona yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1928, with 2,239 babies; 373 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Ramona?

US: Rising: up from #1068 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1497 in 2015, #1584 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1928, when 2,239 girls got the name (#117 that year). First in the US records in 1881.

How common

• About 1 in 4,309 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 13,331 baby girls in England and Wales 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 (1.71 per 1,000 girls), OR (0.84 per 1,000 girls), WI (0.69 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Ramona is #733 in the US and #1584 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Ramona were girls.

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

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the US pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Romina569 US
• Ramani29 US
• Romana6 US
• Romona5 US
• Ramina0 US · 3 E&W

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 Ramona

Girls

• Catalina#111Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #325 in 2015, #111 in 2025
• Gemma#170“jewel”^*
• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Alessia#326Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 9 babies
• Jemma#862Variant of Gemma, meaning “jewel”^*
• Valentina#35Same root as Valentine, meaning “strong, healthy”^*

For a brother

• Vincenzo#674Italian form of Vincent, meaning “conquering”^*
• Enzo#72“home + ruler”^*
• Luca#14Form of Lucy, meaning “light”^*
• Franco#746Editor’s note Up from #873 in 2015 to #746 in 2025 in the US
• Mateo#8Same root as Matthew, meaning “gift of the Lord”^*
• Leonardo#91Italian, from Old French Leonard, meaning “as strong as a lion”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Spanish & Italian, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Ramona’s. Rank is US 2025.