Rona

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Rona: Recorded since 1968, it reached #389 in 1972, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
45times a registrar ranked it
57years from first to last
#389highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1364
1997	#2738
1998	#2407
1999	#2770
2000	#1831
2001	#2226
2002	#1784
2003	#3594
2004	#2530
2005	#2247
2006	#2781
2007	#3667
2008	#3397
2009	#3422
2010	#2589
2011	#4764
2012	#2969
2013	#3160
2014	#2464
2015	#2945
2016	#4096
2017	#2502
2018	#1788
2019	#2170
2020	#2843
2021	#5581
2023	#4709
2024	#4192

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 17 of the 44 years from 1968 to 2011.

In 2011: #937 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #4764 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1968–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1968
First recorded at #401 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1968 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1968–2011
Highest recorded position: #389 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1972 (recorded 1968–2011).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Rona appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 28 ranked years and 208 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1968.

Rona across 2 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.

Rona'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#401 (1968)	#389 (1972)	#937 (2011)	17 of 44	61 (1968–2011)	6 (1979)
England and Wales · Girls	#1364 (1996)	#1364 (1996)	#4192 (2024)	28 of 29	208 (1996–2024)	16 (2018)

Rona by decade in England and Wales · 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 Rona in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000s	70	10 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	89	10 of 10	9
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 9 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Rona 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 2 regions, from 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #389 in Republic of Ireland in 1972.

Rona'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#4709	4	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2170	12	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2502	10	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#4096	5	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2945	8	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2464	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#3160	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2969	8	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#4764	4	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#3667	5	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2530	7	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1784	10	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2226	7	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1831	9	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2770	5	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2738	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#1364	13	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	female	#503	3	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	female	#458	4	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#391	6	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#522	3	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	female	#429	4	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#455	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	female	#389	5	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#417	4	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#443	3	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	female	#401	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
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 2 registrars between 1968 and 2024, ranked in 44 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #389, first reached in 1972.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 28 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.

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Ron · #604, 27y
Ronak · #1454, 27y
Ronald · #24, 77y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 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.

Estelle · #391, 42y
Omid · #383, 47y
Seyed · #395, 49y
Sahar · #378, 49y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Mella · #389, 10y
Estelle · #391, 42y
Odette · #391, 28y
Adel · #386, 49y

Rona was ranked #389 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1972. 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.

Rona 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 Rona without appearing here.

Rona moved ahead of

Tracey Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4096 and #3609 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #1788 and #3985.
Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1831 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #2226 and #3998.
Geraldine Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.
Kirsten Compare
In 2023 they stood at #4709 and #4056 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Rona

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1286.
Diane Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3899 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2499.
Linnea Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3117 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2711.
Karin Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #4535 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3192.

Moved the opposite way to Rona

Aisling Compare
Between 1968 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rona went from #401 to #937 while Aisling went from #87 to #41.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1968 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rona went from #401 to #937 while Alexandra went from #222 to #97.
Amy Compare
Between 1968 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rona went from #401 to #937 while Amy went from #357 to #25.
Anna Compare
Between 1968 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rona went from #401 to #937 while Anna went from #42 to #18.

Moved the same way as Rona

Alma Compare
Between 1968 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rona went from #401 to #937 and Alma from #250 to #937.
Audrey Compare
Between 1968 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rona went from #401 to #937 and Audrey from #48 to #695.
Camilla Compare
Between 1968 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rona went from #401 to #937 and Camilla from #270 to #612.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1968 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Rona went from #401 to #937 and Deirdre from #7 to #695.

What's not yet available

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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 2 regions, from 1968 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #389 in Republic of Ireland in 1972. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Rona

Rona at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Rona across 2 official records

Rona by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rona appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Rona at a glance

Rona across 2 official records

Rona by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Rona appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Rona

Rona and the names beside it

Rona moved ahead of

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