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Ramon

Ramon is a boy's name meaning "Spanish form of Raymond", drawing on Spanish roots. It has faded some since the 1980s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. It has quietly persisted through most of the last century of American birth records.

SpanishSpanish form of Raymond
GermanicGermanic "ragin" (counsel) + "mund" (protection) – "wise protector"
Births by decade
1900s
446
1910s
1,764
1920s
5,006
1930s
5,558
1940s
4,681
1950s
6,321
1960s
7,919
1970s
10,390
1980s
10,643
1990s
10,542
2000s
8,137
2010s
3,668
Peaked in the 1980s · 75,075 total U.S. births since 1900