Romona
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- roh-MOH-na
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #14,937 for girls
Romona is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “counsel + protection”. In 2025 it ranked 14,937th for girls in the US (5 babies).
What does Romona mean?
Germanic: variant of Ramona, feminine of Ramón
“counsel + protection”
Helen Hunt Jackson's 1884 novel Ramona, set in southern California, made the root name widely known in the US.
Is Romona a girl's or a boy's name?
Romona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Romona in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #14,937among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 320,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the US were named Romona, making it the 14,937th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 1955, with 148 girls. It first appears in the records in 1908.
Half of all the girls named Romona in the US since 1880 were born between 1940 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.
Romona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #14,937 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #16,542 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #10,095 |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 5 | #14,116 |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 9 | #8,495 |
| 1989 | 11 | #6,949 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,656 |
| 1986 | 14 | #5,185 |
| 1985 | 23 | #3,620 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 26 | #3,150 |
| 1982 | 26 | #3,259 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 38 | #2,430 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,390 |
| 1977 | 45 | #2,091 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,601 |
| 1975 | 52 | #1,780 |
| 1974 | 67 | #1,473 |
| 1973 | 63 | #1,496 |
| 1972 | 74 | #1,353 |
| 1971 | 89 | #1,244 |
| 1970 | 100 | #1,154 |
| 1969 | 105 | #1,078 |
| 1968 | 114 | #974 |
| 1967 | 137 | #865 |
| 1966 | 111 | #966 |
| 1965 | 112 | #973 |
| 1964 | 114 | #1,001 |
| 1963 | 121 | #964 |
| 1962 | 142 | #885 |
| 1961 | 134 | #927 |
| 1960 | 136 | #904 |
| 1959 | 123 | #943 |
| 1958 | 125 | #921 |
| 1957 | 126 | #906 |
| 1956 | 125 | #892 |
| 1955 | 148 | #787 |
| 1954 | 110 | #915 |
| 1953 | 129 | #808 |
| 1952 | 97 | #945 |
| 1951 | 99 | #920 |
| 1950 | 70 | #1,098 |
| 1949 | 88 | #947 |
| 1948 | 67 | #1,084 |
| 1947 | 74 | #1,030 |
| 1946 | 62 | #1,077 |
| 1945 | 32 | #1,417 |
| 1944 | 41 | #1,235 |
| 1943 | 62 | #1,006 |
| 1942 | 53 | #1,076 |
| 1941 | 49 | #1,041 |
| 1940 | 55 | #963 |
| 1939 | 74 | #797 |
| 1938 | 66 | #866 |
| 1937 | 75 | #788 |
| 1936 | 64 | #847 |
| 1935 | 47 | #1,004 |
| 1934 | 53 | #948 |
| 1933 | 83 | #714 |
| 1932 | 80 | #754 |
| 1931 | 70 | #812 |
| 1930 | 87 | #749 |
| 1929 | 130 | #599 |
| 1928 | 139 | #597 |
| 1927 | 31 | #1,455 |
| 1926 | 30 | #1,482 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,747 |
| 1924 | 22 | #1,871 |
| 1923 | 18 | #2,091 |
| 1922 | 19 | #2,027 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,476 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,889 |
| 1919 | 11 | #2,812 |
| 1918 | 21 | #1,805 |
| 1917 | 15 | #2,203 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 6 | #1,957 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
Names like Romona
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ramona Regina Linda Loretta Barbara Roberta Rebecca Teresa Priscilla Rita Rosemary Anita
Names related to Romona
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Henry Charlotte William Archie Charlie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles
Sources
Figures from 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, “Romona: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/romona, updated 20 October 2026.