Rona
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #12,161
- Peak · girls
- 1942 · 96 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 5,444since 1896
Rona over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Rona has never cracked the top 700 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #9,616 | 10 |
| 2022 | #11,231 | 8 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #6,325 | 18 |
| 2019 | #5,041 | 26 |
| 2018 | #5,315 | 24 |
| 2017 | #4,576 | 30 |
| 2016 | #4,990 | 27 |
| 2015 | #5,127 | 26 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 |
| 2013 | #9,036 | 12 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 |
| 2011 | #8,614 | 13 |
| 2010 | #9,790 | 11 |
| 2009 | #7,679 | 16 |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 |
| 2000 | #9,163 | 10 |
| 1999 | #9,479 | 9 |
| 1998 | #5,363 | 19 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #5,065 | 19 |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 |
| 1994 | #4,238 | 24 |
| 1993 | #3,987 | 26 |
| 1992 | #5,267 | 18 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 |
| 1990 | #4,694 | 20 |
| 1989 | #4,248 | 22 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 |
| 1987 | #3,524 | 25 |
| 1986 | #3,554 | 24 |
| 1985 | #3,852 | 21 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 |
| 1983 | #6,705 | 9 |
| 1982 | #3,418 | 24 |
| 1981 | #3,532 | 23 |
| 1980 | #3,215 | 26 |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 |
| 1978 | #2,474 | 35 |
| 1977 | #1,901 | 52 |
| 1976 | #1,446 | 72 |
| 1975 | #1,527 | 66 |
| 1974 | #1,733 | 52 |
| 1973 | #1,211 | 88 |
| 1972 | #1,006 | 117 |
| 1971 | #1,074 | 112 |
| 1970 | #929 | 138 |
| 1969 | #859 | 147 |
| 1968 | #958 | 116 |
| 1967 | #826 | 147 |
| 1966 | #800 | 153 |
| 1965 | #1,019 | 105 |
| 1964 | #920 | 129 |
| 1963 | #915 | 132 |
| 1962 | #904 | 136 |
| 1961 | #929 | 133 |
| 1960 | #909 | 135 |
| 1959 | #1,005 | 110 |
| 1958 | #1,018 | 104 |
| 1957 | #958 | 116 |
| 1956 | #988 | 106 |
| 1955 | #902 | 118 |
| 1954 | #1,076 | 83 |
| 1953 | #906 | 107 |
| 1952 | #925 | 100 |
| 1951 | #921 | 99 |
| 1950 | #827 | 111 |
| 1949 | #791 | 119 |
| 1948 | #821 | 112 |
| 1947 | #829 | 112 |
| 1946 | #831 | 99 |
| 1945 | #889 | 72 |
| 1944 | #821 | 86 |
| 1943 | #807 | 91 |
| 1942 | #773 | 96 |
| 1941 | #887 | 68 |
| 1940 | #868 | 67 |
| 1939 | #1,160 | 39 |
| 1938 | #1,031 | 48 |
| 1937 | #1,160 | 38 |
| 1936 | #1,206 | 35 |
| 1935 | #1,119 | 39 |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 |
| 1933 | #1,140 | 38 |
| 1932 | #1,268 | 33 |
| 1931 | #1,258 | 33 |
| 1930 | #1,661 | 23 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #1,310 | 34 |
| 1927 | #1,771 | 23 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 |
| 1925 | #2,191 | 17 |
| 1924 | #2,514 | 14 |
| 1923 | #3,125 | 10 |
| 1922 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 |
| 1920 | #3,097 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,817 | 7 |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 |
| 1917 | #2,693 | 11 |
| 1916 | #2,133 | 15 |
| 1915 | #2,384 | 12 |
| 1914 | #1,480 | 19 |
| 1913 | #2,827 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #2,101 | 5 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,696 | 6 |
| 1904 | — | |
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| 1896 | #1,583 | 5 |
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| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1896
The first year at least five girls were named Rona! It came in at #1,583, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1896–1904, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Rona is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Top states · girls
- Maryland#356 · 1 in 3,590
- New York#503 · 1 in 6,284
- Ohio#563 · 1 in 9,273
- Louisiana#620 · 1 in 7,514
- Pennsylvania#691 · 1 in 14,096
Best ever in a state: #212 in Hawaii, 1967.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maryland | #356 | 8 | 1 in 3,590 |
| New York | #503 | 26 | 1 in 6,284 |
| Ohio | #563 | 11 | 1 in 9,273 |
| Louisiana | #620 | 5 | 1 in 7,514 |
| Pennsylvania | #691 | 8 | 1 in 14,096 |
| Michigan | #815 | 5 | 1 in 17,899 |
| Illinois | #834 | 6 | 1 in 16,795 |
| Texas | #1,098 | 6 | 1 in 18,651 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Rona
Momentum · girls
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 292 spots in 1940 (#1,160 → #868)
- Biggest drop: 170 spots in 1954 (#906 → #1,076)
Rise & fade · girls
46 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1896
- Peaked 1942 at #773 (96 births)
- Births halved by 1978, 36 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 27 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 27 yrs · run 1940–1953
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,060
- Highest: 1 in 11,060 girls born in 1966 were named Rona (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 231,456 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #773 in 1942, was only 1 in 14,070 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1960s
- 24.5% of all girls named Rona (1,333) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,583 (1896) | #1,583 |
| 1900s | 11 | #1,696 (1905) | #1,899 |
| 1910s | 103 | #1,480 (1914) | #2,368 |
| 1920s | 153 | #1,310 (1928) | #2,753 |
| 1930s | 358 | #1,031 (1938) | #1,227 |
| 1940s | 922 | #773 (1942) | #832 |
| 1950s | 1,054 | #827 (1950) | #953 |
| 1960s | 1,333 | #800 (1966) | #904 |
| 1970s | 766 | #929 (1970) | #1,592 |
| 1980s | 208 | #3,215 (1980) | #4,136 |
| 1990s | 176 | #3,987 (1993) | #5,764 |
| 2000s | 103 | #7,679 (2009) | #10,381 |
| 2010s | 204 | #4,576 (2017) | #6,669 |
| 2020s | 48 | #6,325 (2020) | #10,917 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rona in 1955
girls
#902
118 births · 1 in 16,570 girls
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 16,570 of them was named Rona, which outranked 86.6% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).