Rona
Below 5 births
About Rona
Rona ranked in the US Top 1000 in the mid-20th century but holds new meaning in the 2020s. "Rona" has become slang for coronavirus, also known as COVID-19, which gives the name a dark and somber edge. In 2020, Rona was given to 17 baby girls (a fall from 26 the previous year). In 2021, it dropped to just 5 — we expect it to drop off the list entirely in the years to come.
Pronounced ROH-nuh.
As of October 2026, Rona ranked #13149 in US births in 2024 SSA, peaked at #779 in 1942.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2017 | #4,672 | 30 | 17.4 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | 0 |
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Rona on lists
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- Ronalee "Rona" Chapchuk Ambrose
Canadian politician
- Rona Anderson
Scottish actress
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American gossip columnist
- Rona Alison Fairhead
English businesswoman and chair of the BBC Trust
- Rona Jaffe
American novelist
- Rona Munro
Scottish playwright and novelist
- Rona Jean Murray
Canadian poet
- Rona Nishliu
Albanian Kosovar singer,songwriter
- Rona Miriel Stevenson
New Zealand politician
- Ellen Rona Barkin
American actress
Rona in pop culture
- Rona Lisa Peretti
character in "25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee"
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character on TV's "Buffy, the Vampire Slayer"
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character in anime "Ojamajo Doremi"
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a legendary Maori woman who cursed the moon
- "Rona" or "Miss Rona" is a common nickname for the COVID
19 virus