first name
RONA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,294 people named Rona, 63.3% reported their origin as White, 15.8% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 13.5% as Black. 98.2% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Rona peaked in 1966, when 153 babies got the name.
At least 5,444 babies have been given the name since 1896. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Rona by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #1,460. The largest share of babies named Rona, 39.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Rona is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Rona has been most common in New York (5.2×), Maryland (3×), and New Jersey (2.1×), and least common in Ohio (0.59×).
2,417 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Rona
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Rona, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Rona ranks #82,600 of 156,621, with 246 people. See Rona as a last name
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