Rona — #12161 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Rona

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,444 babies named Rona between 1896 and 2024, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Rona currently holds the #12161 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1966, when 153 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Rona performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 1,333 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Rona shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 987 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Rona in 23 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Rona in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 5,444 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.