Ramona

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ramona: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ramona: Recorded since 1962, it reached #227 in 1977, and it stood at #1,541 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
81times a registrar ranked it
63years from first to last
#227highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3795
1998	#3142
1999	#3900
2000	#2167
2001	#2783
2002	#2540
2003	#2727
2004	#3725
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2007	#2627
2008	#1914
2009	#2759
2010	#1472
2011	#1269
2012	#1150
2013	#1098
2014	#1299
2015	#1497
2016	#1525
2017	#1568
2018	#1711
2019	#2040
2020	#2163
2021	#1569
2022	#2178
2023	#1640
2024	#1541

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Norway in 42 of the 54 years from 1962 to 2015.

In 2021: #883 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1569 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1962–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1962
First recorded at #384 among girls in Norway in 1962 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Girls
Highest recorded1977–2021
Highest recorded position: #227 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1977 (recorded 1977–2021).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1541 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Ramona appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Girls, which has ranked it in 42 years beginning in 1962, and has registered 437 births with the name.

Ramona across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ramona's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Girls	#384 (1962)	#230 (1989)	#536 (2015)	42 of 54	437 (1962–2015)	25 (1989)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#227 (1977)	#227 (1977)	#883 (2021)	11 of 45	61 (1977–2021)	19 (1977)
England and Wales · Girls	#3795 (1996)	#1098 (2013)	#1541 (2024)	28 of 29	380 (1996–2024)	32 (2013)

Ramona by decade in Norway · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ramona in Norway · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	32	5 of 10	6
1970s	62	7 of 10	9
1980sbusiest	149	10 of 10	15
1990s	114	10 of 10	11
2000s	64	7 of 10	9
2010s	16	3 of 10	5

Across Norway · Girls, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 15 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Ramona appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1962 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #227 in Republic of Ireland in 1977.

Ramona's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1541	20	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2178	12	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1569	19	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2163	12	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2040	13	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1711	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1525	21	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1497	21	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1299	25	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1098	32	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1150	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1269	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1472	20	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2759	8	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1914	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2627	8	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2540	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3900	3	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3795	3	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#536	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#521	6	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#574	5	High	Verified
2007	Norway	female	#620	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#531	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#336	13	High	Verified
2003	Norway	female	#390	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	female	#355	11	High	Verified
2001	Norway	female	#296	14	High	Verified
2000	Norway	female	#476	7	High	Verified
1999	Norway	female	#413	9	High	Verified
1998	Norway	female	#387	10	High	Verified
1997	Norway	female	#525	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	female	#358	11	High	Verified
1995	Norway	female	#463	8	High	Verified
1994	Norway	female	#596	5	High	Verified
1993	Norway	female	#312	15	High	Verified
1992	Norway	female	#394	11	High	Verified
1991	Norway	female	#263	21	High	Verified
1990	Norway	female	#292	18	High	Verified
1989	Norway	female	#230	25	High	Verified
1988	Norway	female	#499	8	High	Verified
1987	Norway	female	#339	14	High	Verified
1986	Norway	female	#327	15	High	Verified
1985	Norway	female	#358	13	High	Verified
1984	Norway	female	#327	14	High	Verified
1983	Norway	female	#307	14	High	Verified
1982	Norway	female	#332	13	High	Verified
1981	Norway	female	#237	21	High	Verified
1980	Norway	female	#350	12	High	Verified
1979	Norway	female	#345	12	High	Verified
1978	Norway	female	#357	11	High	Verified
1977	Norway	female	#334	12	High	Verified
1976	Norway	female	#439	8	High	Verified
1974	Norway	female	#467	7	High	Verified
1973	Norway	female	#504	6	High	Verified
1972	Norway	female	#530	6	High	Verified
1969	Norway	female	#394	8	High	Verified
1968	Norway	female	#439	7	High	Verified
1965	Norway	female	#516	5	High	Verified
1963	Norway	female	#478	5	High	Verified
1962	Norway	female	#384	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#331	9	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#227	19	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1962 and 2024, ranked in 57 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #227, first reached in 1977.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 32 births, registered in England and Wales in 2013.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1977, and 34 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ramneek · #2436, 13y
Ramon · #1379, 26y
Ramsay · #382, 19y
Ramsey · #1398, 27y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Sadia · #225, 52y
Julius · #231, 55y
Neasa · #222, 60y
Saba · #233, 56y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Darach · #227, 32y
Phyllis · #226, 34y
Rasa · #226, 30y
Samira · #228, 64y

Ramona was ranked #227 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1977. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ramona and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ramona without appearing here.

Ramona moved ahead of

Kai Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2759 and #2326 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1472 and #5707.
Debra Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4157 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1914 and #5545.
Freddie Compare
In 2007 they stood at #4157 and #3548 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1914 and #5545.
George Compare
In 2007 they stood at #3725 and #2802 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2008 that had become #1914 and #5545.

Moved ahead of Ramona

Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2040 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2163 and #1313.
Heidi Compare
In 2009 they stood at #471 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #910 and #113.
Jade Compare
In 1999 they stood at #471 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #536 and #31.
Holly Compare
In 1999 they stood at #471 and #533 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2000 that had become #536 and #53.

Moved the opposite way to Ramona

Annie Compare
Between 1977 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ramona went from #227 to #883 while Annie went from #311 to #46.
Caoimhe Compare
Between 1977 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ramona went from #227 to #883 while Caoimhe went from #215 to #25.
Clodagh Compare
Between 1977 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ramona went from #227 to #883 while Clodagh went from #85 to #40.
Erin Compare
Between 1977 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Ramona went from #227 to #883 while Erin went from #468 to #44.

Moved the same way as Ramona

Kirsten Compare
Between 1962 and 2010 in Norway · Girls, Ramona went from #384 to #574 and Kirsten from #71 to #598.
Mette Compare
Between 1962 and 2010 in Norway · Girls, Ramona went from #384 to #574 and Mette from #18 to #602.
Tove Compare
Between 1962 and 2010 in Norway · Girls, Ramona went from #384 to #574 and Tove from #9 to #612.
Yvonne Compare
Between 1962 and 2010 in Norway · Girls, Ramona went from #384 to #574 and Yvonne from #239 to #470.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1962 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #227 in Republic of Ireland in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ramona

Ramona at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ramona across 3 official records

Ramona by decade in Norway · Girls

Ramona appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

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Ramona and the names beside it

Ramona moved ahead of

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Ramona at a glance

Ramona across 3 official records

Ramona by decade in Norway · Girls

Ramona appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Ramona

Ramona and the names beside it

Ramona moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Ramona

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