Ramon: Meaning of Baby Name Ramon

About the Name Ramon

Ramon is the Spanish form of Raymond, a name of Germanic origin composed of the elements ragin (counsel, wisdom) and mund (protector) — yielding the meaning of wise protector or guards wisely. The name traveled from the Germanic languages into Old French as Raimund, then into Spanish as Ramón, where it has been a fixture of Hispanic naming tradition for centuries. In English-language contexts the accent is typically dropped, producing the unaccented Ramon used in US records. The name carries the weight of a long Iberian and Latin American history, with saints and historical figures bearing it across many centuries.

In SSA data, Ramon first entered the male top-1000 in 2000 and peaked at #316 in 2001, recording 14,037 top-1000 births over its full tracked span. Uniquely for a name of its peak vintage, Ramon has shown remarkable staying power: rather than fading after its early-2000s high, it has maintained consistent presence across more than two decades. By 2022 it ranked #769 with 329 births, and has continued in the top-1000 through 2024, where it sits at #829 with 299 births — a testament to strong and steady Hispanic community naming traditions.

Recorded variants include Ramone, Rayman, and Raymon, each preserving the core sound while shifting the orthographic emphasis. Ramon's endurance on the chart reflects its deep roots in Spanish-speaking families as well as its elegant two-syllable rhythm, which translates smoothly across linguistic backgrounds. It is a name that has outlasted many trendier companions from its era through sheer cultural continuity.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.

Quick Facts About Ramon

957

Spanish baby names in our dictionary

398

Spanish male names

170

5-letter R-names in our dictionary

575

R-male names total

2000–2025

years of US SSA records (26 total)

14,325

total US births named Ramon (all years)

US Popularity History (2000–2025)

📉 Falling fast: Ramon dropped 90 places in the US boys ranking over the last 5 years (#762 in 2020 → #852 in 2025).

Annual US births named Ramon by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2000 with 892 boys named Ramon (boy rank #321 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #852 for boys (288 US births). That's 531 places below its 2000 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Ramon Most Popular?

Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Ramon the strongest states are New Mexico, Arizona, California.

Strongest boys-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	New Mexico	#331	28
2	Arizona	#345	218
3	California	#396	825
4	Nevada	#447	35
5	Texas	#532	529
6	Oregon	#554	27
7	Kansas	#562	18
8	Oklahoma	#643	26
9	Colorado	#651	58
10	Washington	#671	85

Weakest boys-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Michigan	#890	39
2	Missouri	#883	22
3	North Carolina	#880	34
4	New Jersey	#833	37
5	Indiana	#807	21
6	Florida	#722	162
7	Illinois	#717	96
8	Utah	#674	18
9	Washington	#671	85
10	Colorado	#651	58

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Ramon in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Ramone	Form Of Raymond Guards Wisely.	Male	Spanish
Rayman	Form Of Raymond Guards Wisely.	Male	Spanish
Raymon	Form Of Raymond Guards Wisely.	Male	Spanish

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