Ramona
Top 1000
About Ramona
Ramona is a sweet spot name – neither too trendy nor too eccentric. Kids will associate it with the clever Ramona Quimby character in the series of books by Beverly Cleary, also seen on TV. It was chosen by starcouple Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard for their little girl, who would be joined by sister Gloria.
Ramona came into prominence in the 1880s via the beautiful half Native American heroine of the best-selling eponymous romance novel by Helen Hunt Jackson, played on screen by Loretta Young and others.
Trivia tidbit: Ramona is the middle name of singer Avril Lavigne, as well as the first name of the actress who plays the adorable little girl in the British sitcom Outnumbered.
Pronounced rah-MOH-nuh.
As of October 2026, Ramona ranked #733 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #117 in 1928, Nameberry popularity #227.
Editor: Sophie Kihm
Sources: US popularity data is from the Social Security Administration. Meanings and origins are from Nameberry's name references.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #1,083 | 237 | 132.7 |
| 2015 | #1,076 | 245 | 137.2 |
| 2016 | #952 | 288 | 162.5 |
| 2017 | #892 | 303 | 175.5 |
| 2018 | #841 | 323 | 189.9 |
| 2019 | #817 | 335 | 199.6 |
| 2020 | #804 | 337 | 208.5 |
| 2021 | #795 | 356 | 217 |
| 2022 | #788 | 360 | 219.5 |
| 2023 | #794 | 355 | 221.2 |
| 2024 | #772 | 364 | 224.7 |
| 2025 | #733 | 373 | 232.1 |
World rankings
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Ramona on lists
Famous Ramonas
- Ramona Davies (born Estrild Raymona Myers)
American singer and pianist
- Ramona Lofton aka Sapphire
American novelist and poet
- Comandanta Ramona
Mexican revolutionary commander
- Ramona Singer
American reality TV personality ("Real Housewives of NYC")
- Ramona Fradon
American comic book artist
- Ramona Marquez
British,Spanish actress
- Ramona Parker aka Ms. Melodie
American rapper
- Ramona Badescu
Hungarian,French children's author
- Ramona Nicole Mănescu
Romanian politician
- Ramona Mallory Lambert
American actress; daughter of actor Mark Lambert
- Ramona Francesca Versace (b. 1982)
daughter of designer Santo Versace
- Ramona Isabel Wright (b. 1995)
daughter of Green Day drummer Tre Cool
- Ramona Sarsgaard (b. 2006)
daughter of actors Maggie Gyllenhaal and Peter Sarsgaard
Ramona in pop culture
- "Ramona
" 1884 novel by Helen Hunt Jackson and its main character.
- Ramona Geraldine Quimby
main character in novels by Beverly Cleary.
- Ramona Victoria Flowers
a main character in novel/film "Scott Pilgrim vs. The World".
- Ramona Waite
character in the game "Call of Cthulhu: Dark Corners of the Earth".
- (Maria) Ramona Moreno Gonzaga
main character on Mexican telenovela "Ramona" (based on the novel).
- Ramona Ramirez
character on British TV series "Cold Feet".
- Ramona Gibbler
Kimmy's daughter on TV's "Fuller House".
- Ramona Ortega
character in Pam Munoz Ryan's "Esperanza Rising".
- "Ramona
" song by Beck.
- "To Ramona
" song by Bob Dylan.
- "Ramona
" song by the Ramones.
- "I Heard Ramona Sing
" song by Frank Black.
- The Ramona Flowers
British rock band
- Ramona Falls
American rock band.
- Ramona Badwolf
character in "Ever After High".
- Ramona Vega
character portrayed by Jennifer Lopez in the 2019 Film "Hustlers"