Ramon

“Counsel and protection” — Spanish, from Frankish/Proto-Germanic (via Old French Raimunt) origin

Boy's name · #852 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Few names move less than Ramon — on the books since 1880, #852 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 77,000 boys share it. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records. Its center of gravity has moved: strongest in the South in the 1940s and 1950s, strongest in the West today.

Around the world: about 1 in 1,100 boys in Switzerland (2024) · about 1 in 2,300 boys in Belgium (2025).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Ramons

Ramon Llull — Majorcan writer and philosopher (c.1232–1315/6)
Ramón Díaz — Argentine association football player and coach
Ramon Magsaysay — president of the Philippines from 1953 to 1957
Ramón María del Valle-Inclán — Spanish author (1866-1936)
Ramon Menezes — Brazilian association football player

In stories & tradition

Ramón — The King of Fighters 2000 · The King of Fighters 2001
Ramon Victorino — Captain Tsubasa
Ramon Folc de Cardona — human whose existence is disputed

What Ramons become

Among 3,431 notable people named Ramon:

Military figures appear 1.86× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ramon Muntaner, Catalan writer and soldier (1265-1336).

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