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Ramona

Gender
Girl
Say it
ra-MOH-na
Origin
Germanic
UK rank, 2025
#1,642 for girls
US rank, 2025
#733 for girls

Ramona is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel protector”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 733rd for girls in the US (373 babies).

What does Ramona mean?

Germanic: Spanish feminine of Ramón (Raymond)

“counsel protector”

Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona made the name widely known in the English-speaking world.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Ramona a girl's or a boy's name?

Ramona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 373 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ramona in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,642among girls
Babies in 2025
19about 1 in 15,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 6% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Ramona, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,864th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 34 girls.

Half of all the girls named Ramona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 34 in 20132025
Ramona in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202519#1,642
202420#1,592
202318#1,728
202213#2,157
202122#1,491
202016#1,864
201918#1,729
201820#1,628
201722#1,541
201621#1,605
201522#1,527
201429#1,235
201334#1,117
201232#1,150
201126#1,303
201020#1,575
20098#2,909
200814#1,943
20079#2,543
20064#4,357
20055#3,543
20044#3,916
20036#2,877
20026#2,691
20015#2,928
20007#2,304
19995#2,912
19984#3,310
19970–
19963#3,935

How popular is Ramona in the US?

Rank in 2025
#733among girls
Babies in 2025
373about 1 in 4,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steadyup 10% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 373 girls in the US were named Ramona, making it the 733rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 803rd. Its busiest year was 1928, with 2,239 girls. It first appears in the records in 1881.

2025 had more girls named Ramona than any year since 1979.

Half of all the girls named Ramona in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.

1881Busiest: 2,239 in 19282025
Ramona in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025373#733
2024366#770
2023356#790
2022361#787
2021356#793
2020337#803
2019335#817
2018323#839
2017303#890
2016288#949
2015246#1,068
2014237#1,079
2013199#1,203
2012200#1,214
2011175#1,329
2010126#1,678
2009108#1,934
2008116#1,844
200795#2,117
200682#2,308
200588#2,105
200476#2,283
200382#2,122
200278#2,139
200178#2,111
200078#2,085
199992#1,736
199870#2,080
199772#1,980
1996100#1,569
1995110#1,453
1994124#1,343
1993107#1,483
1992153#1,147
1991149#1,170
1990138#1,215
1989163#1,045
1988201#876
1987210#829
1986189#877
1985215#781
1984199#798
1983267#643
1982284#634
1981306#603
1980317#580
1979393#505
1978387#499
1977519#400
1976437#444
1975509#400
1974519#393
1973598#353
1972687#334
1971821#322
1970914#309
1969968#289
19681,040#259
19671,016#265
19661,146#248
19651,269#243
19641,348#237
19631,434#229
19621,520#217
19611,630#212
19601,555#214
19591,647#205
19581,553#209
19571,717#202
19561,643#199
19551,646#196
19541,610#195
19531,455#205
19521,228#224
19511,115#230
19501,036#235
1949877#256
1948831#269
1947869#251
1946723#269
1945650#267
1944676#266
1943795#240
1942756#248
1941786#221
1940840#210
1939886#200
19381,001#190
19371,018#188
1936859#197
1935885#197
1934929#192
1933952#180
19321,048#180
19311,130#164
19301,410#149
19292,036#120
19282,239#117
1927566#277
1926466#307
1925450#313
1924429#324
1923390#329
1922339#356
1921391#334
1920374#338
1919344#346
1918358#345
1917296#366
1916278#371
1915231#395
1914207#367
1913196#347
1912132#402
191181#456
191084#434
190953#516
190870#430
190771#424
190665#423
190553#464
190445#491
190335#549
190244#467
190126#615
190029#656
189940#461
189833#555
189724#627
189627#594
189529#547
189418#697
189319#662
189219#666
189111#839
189012#791
18898#950
188812#753
18879#788
18860–
18850–
18846#930
18837#754
18826#813
18817#679

Names like Ramona

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Matilda Ada Etta Rosa Bonnie Evelyn Aurora Rosie Eloise Billie Martha Ella

Names related to Ramona

Romana Ramani

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Ramona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ramona, updated 20 October 2026.