Rona
Girl · ROH-na · Scottish
Rona is a girls' name of Scottish origin, meaning “rough island”. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies).
What does Rona mean?
Scottish: from the Hebridean island name, usually explained as Norse 'rough island'
“rough island”
Also a Hebrew name meaning 'joy, song' and a Kurdish name meaning 'bright, light'.
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- ROH-na
More on Wiktionary.
Is Rona a girl's or a boy's name?
Rona is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Rona in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Rona, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 24 girls.
2025 had more girls named Rona than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Rona in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2017. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were given Rona or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,781, up from #2,509 for this spelling alone.
- Rona 11
- Rhona 3
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,332nd in England and Wales and 632nd in Scotland.
Rona in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 1 | #7,487 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 20 | #1,599 |
| 2018 | 24 | #1,420 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 8 | #3,105 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,458 |
| 2014 | 11 | #2,462 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 11 | #2,463 |
| 2011 | 5 | #4,244 |
| 2010 | 13 | #2,103 |
| 2009 | 10 | #2,478 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 9 | #2,543 |
| 2006 | 10 | #2,263 |
| 2005 | 18 | #1,382 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 12 | #1,730 |
| 2002 | 17 | #1,280 |
| 2001 | 14 | #1,461 |
| 2000 | 16 | #1,290 |
| 1999 | 12 | #1,576 |
| 1998 | 14 | #1,417 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,333 |
| 1996 | 21 | #1,024 |
How popular is Rona in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1966, with 153 girls. It first appears in the records in 1896.
Half of all the girls named Rona in the US since 1880 were born between 1948 and 1971, the years shaded on the chart below.
Rona in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 10 | #9,611 |
| 2022 | 8 | #11,225 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 18 | #6,321 |
| 2019 | 26 | #5,039 |
| 2018 | 24 | #5,311 |
| 2017 | 30 | #4,574 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 26 | #5,125 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 12 | #9,031 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 16 | #7,676 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 19 | #5,359 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 19 | #5,060 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,036 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 26 | #3,982 |
| 1992 | 18 | #5,260 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 20 | #4,689 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 24 | #3,552 |
| 1985 | 21 | #3,851 |
| 1984 | 19 | #3,989 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 23 | #3,532 |
| 1980 | 26 | #3,215 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,621 |
| 1978 | 35 | #2,474 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,901 |
| 1976 | 72 | #1,446 |
| 1975 | 66 | #1,527 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1973 | 88 | #1,211 |
| 1972 | 117 | #1,006 |
| 1971 | 112 | #1,074 |
| 1970 | 138 | #929 |
| 1969 | 147 | #859 |
| 1968 | 116 | #958 |
| 1967 | 147 | #826 |
| 1966 | 153 | #800 |
| 1965 | 105 | #1,019 |
| 1964 | 129 | #920 |
| 1963 | 132 | #915 |
| 1962 | 136 | #904 |
| 1961 | 133 | #929 |
| 1960 | 135 | #909 |
| 1959 | 110 | #1,004 |
| 1958 | 104 | #1,017 |
| 1957 | 116 | #957 |
| 1956 | 106 | #987 |
| 1955 | 118 | #901 |
| 1954 | 83 | #1,075 |
| 1953 | 107 | #905 |
| 1952 | 100 | #924 |
| 1951 | 99 | #920 |
| 1950 | 111 | #826 |
| 1949 | 119 | #790 |
| 1948 | 112 | #820 |
| 1947 | 112 | #828 |
| 1946 | 99 | #830 |
| 1945 | 72 | #889 |
| 1944 | 86 | #821 |
| 1943 | 91 | #807 |
| 1942 | 96 | #773 |
| 1941 | 68 | #887 |
| 1940 | 67 | #868 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,160 |
| 1938 | 48 | #1,031 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,160 |
| 1936 | 35 | #1,206 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,119 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,263 |
| 1933 | 38 | #1,140 |
| 1932 | 33 | #1,268 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1930 | 23 | #1,660 |
| 1929 | 22 | #1,703 |
| 1928 | 34 | #1,309 |
| 1927 | 23 | #1,770 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 17 | #2,190 |
| 1924 | 14 | #2,513 |
| 1923 | 10 | #3,124 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 11 | #2,692 |
| 1916 | 15 | #2,133 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,383 |
| 1914 | 19 | #1,480 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,825 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,545 |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 5 | #2,101 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 6 | #1,695 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,582 |
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