Ron
Last seen for girls in 1983 at #10,275 · #4,249 for boys in 2025, 24 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1959 · 1,875 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 36,362since 1919
Ron over time
Rank among boys' names. Ron has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,249 | 24 | |
| 2024 | — | #3,605 | 31 | |
| 2023 | — | #3,228 | 37 | |
| 2022 | — | #3,464 | 33 | |
| 2021 | — | #3,297 | 35 | |
| 2020 | — | #3,418 | 32 | |
| 2019 | — | #3,496 | 32 | |
| 2018 | — | #2,445 | 53 | |
| 2017 | — | #2,637 | 47 | |
| 2016 | — | #2,587 | 48 | |
| 2015 | — | #2,966 | 39 | |
| 2014 | — | #2,175 | 62 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,715 | 43 | |
| 2012 | — | #2,209 | 59 | |
| 2011 | — | #2,376 | 53 | |
| 2010 | — | #2,239 | 58 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,143 | 63 | |
| 2008 | — | #2,542 | 49 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,016 | 69 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,583 | 92 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,619 | 84 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,720 | 74 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,497 | 86 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,557 | 79 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,415 | 88 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,341 | 95 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,203 | 106 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,197 | 103 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,083 | 117 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,011 | 123 | |
| 1995 | — | #983 | 127 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,017 | 119 | |
| 1993 | — | #905 | 141 | |
| 1992 | — | #902 | 137 | |
| 1991 | — | #831 | 155 | |
| 1990 | — | #739 | 191 | |
| 1989 | — | #727 | 185 | |
| 1988 | — | #773 | 148 | |
| 1987 | — | #705 | 168 | |
| 1986 | — | #655 | 186 | |
| 1985 | — | #659 | 178 | |
| 1984 | — | #643 | 179 | |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 | #637 | 180 |
| 1982 | — | #557 | 241 | |
| 1981 | — | #541 | 241 | |
| 1980 | #8,178 | 7 | #493 | 295 |
| 1979 | — | #495 | 281 | |
| 1978 | — | #492 | 270 | |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 | #457 | 309 |
| 1976 | — | #417 | 346 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #446 | 320 |
| 1974 | — | #398 | 377 | |
| 1973 | — | #380 | 410 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #345 | 499 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #298 | 666 |
| 1970 | — | #270 | 785 | |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #230 | 1,003 |
| 1968 | #6,246 | 6 | #252 | 819 |
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | #241 | 841 |
| 1966 | — | #230 | 940 | |
| 1965 | — | #213 | 1,143 | |
| 1964 | — | #209 | 1,334 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #185 | 1,592 |
| 1962 | #6,578 | 5 | #178 | 1,709 |
| 1961 | — | #170 | 1,840 | |
| 1960 | — | #170 | 1,888 | |
| 1959 | — | #166 | 1,875 | |
| 1958 | — | #175 | 1,697 | |
| 1957 | — | #208 | 1,282 | |
| 1956 | — | #263 | 763 | |
| 1955 | — | #330 | 501 | |
| 1954 | — | #356 | 405 | |
| 1953 | — | #367 | 349 | |
| 1952 | — | #415 | 277 | |
| 1951 | — | #402 | 287 | |
| 1950 | — | #360 | 349 | |
| 1949 | — | #294 | 526 | |
| 1948 | — | #232 | 770 | |
| 1947 | — | #210 | 921 | |
| 1946 | — | #206 | 829 | |
| 1945 | — | #244 | 545 | |
| 1944 | — | #256 | 523 | |
| 1943 | — | #265 | 522 | |
| 1942 | — | #293 | 425 | |
| 1941 | — | #336 | 293 | |
| 1940 | — | #389 | 214 | |
| 1939 | — | #405 | 198 | |
| 1938 | — | #484 | 143 | |
| 1937 | — | #487 | 137 | |
| 1936 | — | #601 | 93 | |
| 1935 | — | #652 | 83 | |
| 1934 | — | #762 | 65 | |
| 1933 | — | #1,051 | 38 | |
| 1932 | — | #1,387 | 25 | |
| 1931 | — | #1,927 | 15 | |
| 1930 | — | #2,178 | 13 | |
| 1929 | — | #2,980 | 8 | |
| 1928 | — | — | ||
| 1927 | — | #3,451 | 7 | |
| 1926 | — | #2,725 | 10 | |
| 1925 | — | #3,741 | 6 | |
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| 1920 | — | #4,286 | 5 | |
| 1919 | — | #3,736 | 6 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Ron! It came in at #3,736, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1920–1924, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ron is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Louisiana#137 · 1 in 651
- Hawaii#164 · 1 in 756
- Idaho#192 · 1 in 1,166
- Washington#218 · 1 in 1,676
- Mississippi#221 · 1 in 1,328
Best ever in a state: #57 in Oregon, 1959.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Louisiana | #137 | 48 | 1 in 651 |
| Hawaii | #164 | 8 | 1 in 756 |
| Idaho | #192 | 5 | 1 in 1,166 |
| Washington | #218 | 13 | 1 in 1,676 |
| Mississippi | #221 | 15 | 1 in 1,328 |
| South Carolina | #238 | 13 | 1 in 1,674 |
| Colorado | #244 | 10 | 1 in 1,811 |
| Arkansas | #245 | 8 | 1 in 1,870 |
| Arizona | #262 | 10 | 1 in 1,694 |
| North Carolina | #265 | 20 | 1 in 2,080 |
| Virginia | #272 | 14 | 1 in 2,384 |
| Florida | #278 | 24 | 1 in 2,104 |
| Oregon | #280 | 6 | 1 in 2,420 |
| Indiana | #282 | 15 | 1 in 2,776 |
| Georgia | #291 | 18 | 1 in 2,252 |
| Michigan | #293 | 22 | 1 in 3,132 |
| Wisconsin | #299 | 8 | 1 in 3,799 |
| Maryland | #301 | 7 | 1 in 3,369 |
| Kentucky | #325 | 7 | 1 in 3,791 |
| Illinois | #329 | 28 | 1 in 2,955 |
| Oklahoma | #344 | 6 | 1 in 3,149 |
| Ohio | #360 | 17 | 1 in 4,787 |
| Missouri | #369 | 8 | 1 in 4,392 |
| California | #372 | 45 | 1 in 3,336 |
| Texas | #384 | 35 | 1 in 3,040 |
| Tennessee | #396 | 6 | 1 in 5,354 |
| New York | #438 | 23 | 1 in 5,299 |
| Pennsylvania | #442 | 10 | 1 in 7,917 |
| New Jersey | #454 | 7 | 1 in 6,556 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Ron
- 644 spots since 2024 (#3,605 → #4,249)
- 831 spots since 2020 (#3,418 → #4,249)
- 1,283 spots since 2015 (#2,966 → #4,249)
- Biggest jump: 289 spots in 1934 (#1,051 → #762)
- Biggest drop: 112 spots in 1994 (#905 → #1,017)
- Debuted 1919
- Peaked 1959 at #166 (1,875 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1934–1993
- Highest: 1 in 1,129 boys born in 1960 were named Ron (0.09%)
- Latest: 1 in 71,170 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #166 in 1959, was only 1 in 1,138 (0.09%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 36.1% of all boys named Ron (13,109) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | #3,736 (1919) | #3,736 |
| 1920s | 36 | #2,725 (1926) | #3,437 |
| 1930s | 810 | #405 (1939) | #993 |
| 1940s | 5,568 | #206 (1946) | #273 |
| 1950s | 7,785 | #166 (1959) | #304 |
| 1960s | 13,109 | #170 (1960) | #208 |
| 1970s | 4,263 | #270 (1970) | #400 |
| 1980s | 2,001 | #493 (1980) | #639 |
| 1990s | 1,319 | #739 (1990) | #987 |
| 2000s | 779 | #1,341 (2000) | #1,743 |
| 2010s | 494 | #2,175 (2014) | #2,585 |
| 2020s | 192 | #3,228 (2023) | #3,544 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Ron in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
Top boys' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 304,249 of them was named Ron, which outranked 14.2% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,374 names at #8,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 3,250 of them was named Ron, which outranked 94.0% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.