Ramona
Ramona was given to 373 girls in 2025, #733 among girls’ names; 71,123 Americans have been recorded with it since 1881 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 44,000 Americans named Ramona and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 52 and 72.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ramona by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ramona mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ramona is “a female given name from Spanish.”
Borrowed from Spanish Ramona.
/ɹəˈmoʊnə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ramona?
#733 among girls’ names, 2025
Ramona rose from #1,072 in 2015 to #733 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.14 to 0.23 per 1,000.
2,251 babies in 1928, the peak
Ramona peaked in 1928, when 2,251 babies were given it (2,239 girls, #117 among girls’ names). The 373 births of 2025 are 17% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 373 | #733 | 0.23 |
| 2024 | 366 | #771 | 0.23 |
| 2023 | 356 | #794 | 0.22 |
| 2022 | 361 | #787 | 0.22 |
| 2021 | 356 | #796 | 0.22 |
| 2020 | 337 | #804 | 0.21 |
| 2019 | 335 | #817 | 0.20 |
| 2018 | 323 | #841 | 0.19 |
| 2017 | 303 | #893 | 0.18 |
| 2016 | 288 | #952 | 0.16 |
Every recorded year (143)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 246 | #1,072 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 237 | #1,084 | 0.13 |
| 2013 | 199 | #1,204 | 0.11 |
| 2012 | 200 | #1,218 | 0.11 |
| 2011 | 175 | #1,332 | 0.10 |
| 2010 | 126 | #1,685 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 108 | #1,942 | 0.06 |
| 2008 | 116 | #1,851 | 0.06 |
| 2007 | 95 | #2,129 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 82 | #2,323 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 88 | #2,117 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 76 | #2,304 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 82 | #2,137 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 78 | #2,154 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 78 | #2,119 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 78 | #2,097 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 92 | #1,749 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 70 | #2,096 | 0.04 |
| 1997 | 72 | #1,995 | 0.04 |
| 1996 | 100 | #1,573 | 0.06 |
| 1995 | 110 | #1,460 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 124 | #1,350 | 0.07 |
| 1993 | 107 | #1,491 | 0.06 |
| 1992 | 153 | #1,151 | 0.08 |
| 1991 | 149 | #1,176 | 0.08 |
| 1990 | 138 | #1,218 | 0.07 |
| 1989 | 163 | #1,047 | 0.09 |
| 1988 | 201 | #879 | 0.11 |
| 1987 | 210 | #835 | 0.12 |
| 1986 | 189 | #878 | 0.11 |
| 1985 | 215 | #782 | 0.12 |
| 1984 | 199 | #801 | 0.12 |
| 1983 | 267 | #645 | 0.16 |
| 1982 | 284 | #635 | 0.17 |
| 1981 | 306 | #604 | 0.18 |
| 1980 | 317 | #580 | 0.19 |
| 1979 | 393 | #505 | 0.24 |
| 1978 | 387 | #500 | 0.25 |
| 1977 | 519 | #400 | 0.34 |
| 1976 | 437 | #445 | 0.30 |
| 1975 | 509 | #401 | 0.35 |
| 1974 | 519 | #393 | 0.35 |
| 1973 | 598 | #355 | 0.41 |
| 1972 | 687 | #334 | 0.45 |
| 1971 | 821 | #322 | 0.49 |
| 1970 | 914 | #310 | 0.52 |
| 1969 | 968 | #289 | 0.57 |
| 1968 | 1,040 | #259 | 0.63 |
| 1967 | 1,016 | #266 | 0.62 |
| 1966 | 1,146 | #248 | 0.68 |
| 1965 | 1,269 | #243 | 0.72 |
| 1964 | 1,348 | #237 | 0.71 |
| 1963 | 1,434 | #230 | 0.74 |
| 1962 | 1,520 | #217 | 0.77 |
| 1961 | 1,630 | #212 | 0.81 |
| 1960 | 1,555 | #214 | 0.77 |
| 1959 | 1,647 | #205 | 0.81 |
| 1958 | 1,553 | #209 | 0.77 |
| 1957 | 1,717 | #202 | 0.84 |
| 1956 | 1,643 | #199 | 0.82 |
| 1955 | 1,646 | #196 | 0.84 |
| 1954 | 1,610 | #195 | 0.83 |
| 1953 | 1,455 | #205 | 0.77 |
| 1952 | 1,228 | #224 | 0.66 |
| 1951 | 1,115 | #230 | 0.62 |
| 1950 | 1,036 | #235 | 0.60 |
| 1949 | 877 | #256 | 0.51 |
| 1948 | 831 | #269 | 0.49 |
| 1947 | 869 | #251 | 0.49 |
| 1946 | 723 | #269 | 0.46 |
| 1945 | 650 | #267 | 0.50 |
| 1944 | 676 | #266 | 0.51 |
| 1943 | 795 | #240 | 0.57 |
| 1942 | 756 | #248 | 0.56 |
| 1941 | 786 | #221 | 0.65 |
| 1940 | 840 | #210 | 0.73 |
| 1939 | 886 | #200 | 0.81 |
| 1938 | 1,001 | #190 | 0.91 |
| 1937 | 1,018 | #188 | 1.0 |
| 1936 | 859 | #197 | 0.83 |
| 1935 | 885 | #197 | 0.84 |
| 1934 | 929 | #193 | 0.89 |
| 1933 | 952 | #180 | 0.94 |
| 1932 | 1,048 | #180 | 1.0 |
| 1931 | 1,130 | #164 | 1.1 |
| 1930 | 1,410 | #149 | 1.3 |
| 1929 | 2,036 | #120 | 1.8 |
| 1928 | 2,239 | #117 | 1.9 |
| 1927 | 566 | #277 | 0.47 |
| 1926 | 466 | #309 | 0.39 |
| 1925 | 450 | #313 | 0.37 |
| 1924 | 429 | #324 | 0.34 |
| 1923 | 390 | #330 | 0.32 |
| 1922 | 339 | #358 | 0.28 |
| 1921 | 391 | #335 | 0.32 |
| 1920 | 374 | #339 | 0.31 |
| 1919 | 344 | #346 | 0.30 |
| 1918 | 358 | #345 | 0.31 |
| 1917 | 296 | #366 | 0.27 |
| 1916 | 278 | #374 | 0.27 |
| 1915 | 231 | #396 | 0.23 |
| 1914 | 207 | #369 | 0.27 |
| 1913 | 196 | #349 | 0.31 |
| 1912 | 132 | #403 | 0.24 |
| 1911 | 81 | #458 | 0.19 |
| 1910 | 84 | #436 | 0.21 |
| 1909 | 53 | #519 | 0.15 |
| 1908 | 70 | #433 | 0.21 |
| 1907 | 71 | #426 | 0.22 |
| 1906 | 65 | #426 | 0.22 |
| 1905 | 53 | #472 | 0.18 |
| 1904 | 45 | #492 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 35 | #554 | 0.13 |
| 1902 | 44 | #475 | 0.17 |
| 1901 | 26 | #624 | 0.11 |
| 1900 | 29 | #673 | 0.10 |
| 1899 | 40 | #466 | 0.17 |
| 1898 | 33 | #570 | 0.13 |
| 1897 | 24 | #641 | 0.10 |
| 1896 | 27 | #608 | 0.11 |
| 1895 | 29 | #561 | 0.12 |
| 1894 | 18 | #716 | 0.08 |
| 1893 | 19 | #684 | 0.09 |
| 1892 | 19 | #680 | 0.09 |
| 1891 | 11 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1890 | 12 | #817 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 8 | #1,013 | 0.04 |
| 1888 | 12 | #786 | 0.07 |
| 1887 | 9 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1884 | 6 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1883 | 7 | #807 | 0.06 |
| 1882 | 6 | #884 | 0.06 |
| 1881 | 7 | #732 | 0.08 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Ramona a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Ramona has been given almost only to girls: 249 boys in 143 years of records.
Girls and boys named Ramona: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ramona, and how old are they?
44,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 62% of the 71,123 Americans ever recorded as Ramona. The median Ramona alive today is 64 years old; half are between 52 and 72.
The 2020 Census counted 62,766 people named Ramona (62,620 women and girls, 146 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 47,520 born in the U.S. The Census count is 32% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 4,620 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 20,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 10,700 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 2,840 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,600 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 4,060 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Ramona born?
The states with the most babies named Ramona are California, Texas and Illinois, with 30% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 8,585 | #657 | 1.6× |
| Texas | 7,557 | #1,029 | 1.7× |
| Illinois | 3,360 | #616 | 0.9× |
| New York | 3,240 | #822 | 0.5× |
| Ohio | 2,323 | #783 | 0.6× |
| New Mexico | 1,892 | #211 | 4.3× |
| Minnesota | 1,884 | #497 | 1.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 1,803 | #717 | 0.4× |
| Oklahoma | 1,797 | #810 | 1.6× |
| Louisiana | 1,729 | not ranked | 1.2× |
Where Ramona is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ramona is most over-represented in New Mexico: since 1910 it was given 4.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Ramona with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 72,268 babies since 1880, Ramona is the most given (98% of them). In 2025 it was given to 373 of their 402 babies (93%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ramona
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ramona and names like it
- Compare Ramona and RaymonaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sRamona peaked in 1928.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ramona since 1910.
- Spanish namesWiktionary’s origin for Ramona: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1928The year the most babies were named Ramona.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ramona alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.