Ramon
Masculine · “counsel and protection”
Ramon is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 77,429 boys against 535 girls since 1880. See Ramon as a girl name
Ramon is the Spanish and Catalan Raymond, a name of counsel and protection, familiar in American families for generations. Its bearers include a silent-film star and a Philippine president whose name became a prize.
How old is the name Ramon?
Ramon was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Ramon alive today was born around 1978, making them about 47 years old. About 58,000 people named Ramon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Ramon most popular?
Ramon peaked in 1930, reaching #181 nationally. Today it ranks #850, 669 places below that high. See the whole 1930 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Raginmund to Ramon
The story of Ramon
Ramón Novarro, born in Durango, Mexico, became one of the great stars of silent Hollywood and played the title role in the first Ben-Hur, racing chariots in one of the most expensive films of its day. Ramón Magsaysay, president of the Philippines, was so admired for his honesty that after his death in a plane crash an award in his name was founded, now often called Asia's Nobel Prize. The name is recorded for a very few girls, but it is a man's name almost everywhere.
Meaning
counsel and protection, through Raymond
From Germanic Raginmund, joining ragin, counsel, and mund, protection. Ramón is the Spanish form and Ramon the Catalan.
How the name formed
- Raginmund
- Raymond
- Ramón
- Ramon
Related forms: Ramón · Ramon · Raymond · Raimondo
Pronouncing Ramon
ruh-MOHN
Stress on the second syllable. English speakers sometimes say RAY-mun.
Nicknames for Ramon
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 19921,158 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #181reached in 1930
- Change vs 2022
- −12.7%288 in 2025, from 330
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Ramon in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Ramón in Spanish — same name
- Ramon in Catalan — same name
- Raymond in English — same name
- Raimondo in Italian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Arizona.
Ramons among us
people named Ramon are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 5,931 born in 2025 was named Ramon
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Grady test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ramon's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Grady climbed just as high around 1911, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Grady's path sketches the road Ramon is walking now.
Ramon sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Ramon is headed
Ramon should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Ramon beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ramon in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It has a clear meaning and long history.
- It works in Spanish and English.
- Moncho and Ray give two short forms.
- English speakers may stress the first syllable.
- Without its accent, the Spanish spelling changes slightly.
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Masculine · #850 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Ramons are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 58,000 people named Ramon are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Ramon in 2025?
- Ramon ranks #850 among US boy names in 2025, with 288 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ramon?
- About 1 in every 5,931 US boys born in 2025 was named Ramon — 288 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ramon with classmates?
- Ramon will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ramon
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