girls:
5.2k births since 1908
#2346 (59th percentile)
overall:
5.2k births since 1908
#3795 (51st percentile)
The name Romona is the #3,795 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,163 recorded births since 1908. This represents the 51.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 51.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #2,346 (59.0% percentile) for all time with 5,163 births since 1908.
Romona first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1908 (first recorded for girls in 1908). Birth data for Romona is available in 100 out of the 116 years between 1908 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Romona reached its peak popularity in 1928, achieving the 21.7% percentile (ranked #475) with 116 births per million. The name was most common in 1928, with 116 births per million (ranked 21.7% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Romona ranks #947 for girls (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 2.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Romona".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Romona", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 2 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ramona" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ramona..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Romona. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Romona is pronounced as ruh-MOH-nuh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is roh-MOH-nuh, at 33.3% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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