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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady

RonaIn Hebrew: רונה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: רוֹנָה

Rona (Hebrew: רונה) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 3,679 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 107 girls and ranked #165. Its peak year was 2016, with 147 babies.

People in Israel
3,679
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
107
rank #165
Peak year
2016
147 babies
USA
—
not in the SSA list

Writing and saying Rona

In Hebrew letters the name is רונה, read right to left. Rona is the Latin spelling recorded by our review; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms.

We have no sourced English explanation of this name yet, so we do not guess one. The Hebrew page has our Hebrew notes when there are any.

Rona by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

Rona: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Rona in English-speaking countries

Rona in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United Kingdom202511#2,5102018 (24)
England and Wales20257#3,3322018 (16)
Scotland20254#6321974 (20)
Alberta20252#1,6181980 (3)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Rona has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about Rona

How do you write Rona in Hebrew?

Rona is written רונה in Hebrew (with vowel points: רוֹנָה). Hebrew is read right to left.

How many people in Israel are named Rona?

3,679 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name רונה: 3,664 women and 15 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is Rona a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 99.6% of the people named רונה are women.

Is Rona used outside Israel?

The name Rona appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the UK 11 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.