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Baby name

Ramona

Girl

Origin of the name

Ramona is the feminine of Ramon, that is, Raymond. Helen Hunt Jackson's novel Ramona (1884) made it known.

Classic name

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Ramona peaked in 1928, when 1 baby in 1,010 was given the name. Few fads, plenty of staying power: it appears in 143 years out of 146. Latest ranking, 2025: No. 733.
70,874births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 117rank at its peak, in 1928

Where babies named Ramona are born

1928

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The darker the blue, the more common Ramona is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Ramona is most common in New Mexico (5.3 times), South Dakota (2.7) and North Dakota (2.1), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

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Names from the same era

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