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

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Peak · boys
1959 · 1,875 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
36,362
since 1919

Ron over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ron has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #166, 1959boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#4,24924
2024—#3,60531
2023—#3,22837
2022—#3,46433
2021—#3,29735
2020—#3,41832
2019—#3,49632
2018—#2,44553
2017—#2,63747
2016—#2,58748
2015—#2,96639
2014—#2,17562
2013—#2,71543
2012—#2,20959
2011—#2,37653
2010—#2,23958
2009—#2,14363
2008—#2,54249
2007—#2,01669
2006—#1,58392
2005—#1,61984
2004—#1,72074
2003—#1,49786
2002—#1,55779
2001—#1,41588
2000—#1,34195
1999—#1,203106
1998—#1,197103
1997—#1,083117
1996—#1,011123
1995—#983127
1994—#1,017119
1993—#905141
1992—#902137
1991—#831155
1990—#739191
1989—#727185
1988—#773148
1987—#705168
1986—#655186
1985—#659178
1984—#643179
1983#10,2755#637180
1982—#557241
1981—#541241
1980#8,1787#493295
1979—#495281
1978—#492270
1977#7,5677#457309
1976—#417346
1975#7,1737#446320
1974—#398377
1973—#380410
1972#8,2925#345499
1971#6,6197#298666
1970—#270785
1969#5,4568#2301,003
1968#6,2466#252819
1967#4,9828#241841
1966—#230940
1965—#2131,143
1964—#2091,334
1963#6,5925#1851,592
1962#6,5785#1781,709
1961—#1701,840
1960—#1701,888
1959—#1661,875
1958—#1751,697
1957—#2081,282
1956—#263763
1955—#330501
1954—#356405
1953—#367349
1952—#415277
1951—#402287
1950—#360349
1949—#294526
1948—#232770
1947—#210921
1946—#206829
1945—#244545
1944—#256523
1943—#265522
1942—#293425
1941—#336293
1940—#389214
1939—#405198
1938—#484143
1937—#487137
1936—#60193
1935—#65283
1934—#76265
1933—#1,05138
1932—#1,38725
1931—#1,92715
1930—#2,17813
1929—#2,9808
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1926—#2,72510
1925—#3,7416
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First appearance
1919

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 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedNHWashington: #303 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,066 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedIDMontana: #169 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 935 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #338 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,116 boysMNIllinois: #429 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 4,877 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedWIMichigan: #408 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 5,478 boysMINew York: #474 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 6,018 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedORNevada: #139 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 662 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedIAIndiana: #497 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,946 boysINOhio: #560 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 11,009 boysOHPennsylvania: #415 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 6,734 boysPANew Jersey: #558 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 8,643 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #388 for boys · 41 births · 1 in 3,519 boysCAUtah: #290 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,549 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedNEMissouri: #330 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,665 boysMOKentucky: #252 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,343 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedWVVirginia: #305 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,870 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedNMKansas: #276 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,302 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedARTennessee: #440 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,261 boysTNNorth Carolina: #264 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 2,074 boysNCSouth Carolina: #318 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,664 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #252 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,668 boysDCOklahoma: #300 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 2,593 boysOKLouisiana: #146 for boys · 46 births · 1 in 646 boysLAMississippi: #188 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,054 boysMSAlabama: #251 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,663 boysALGeorgia: #254 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,956 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ron, so not publishedHITexas: #440 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 3,878 boysTXFlorida: #347 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,094 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Nevada#139 · 1 in 662
  2. Louisiana#146 · 1 in 646
  3. Montana#169 · 1 in 935
  4. Mississippi#188 · 1 in 1,054
  5. Alabama#251 · 1 in 1,663

Best ever in a state: #57 in Oregon, 1959.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Nevada#13951 in 662
Louisiana#146461 in 646
Montana#16951 in 935
Mississippi#188181 in 1,054
Alabama#251161 in 1,663
District of Columbia#25251 in 1,668
Kentucky#252111 in 2,343
Georgia#254201 in 1,956
North Carolina#264191 in 2,074
Kansas#27661 in 2,302
Utah#29051 in 2,549
Oklahoma#30071 in 2,593
Washington#30371 in 3,066
Virginia#305111 in 2,870
South Carolina#31881 in 2,664
Missouri#33091 in 3,665
Minnesota#33851 in 5,116
Florida#347161 in 3,094
California#388411 in 3,519
Michigan#408121 in 5,478
Pennsylvania#415111 in 6,734
Illinois#429161 in 4,877
Tennessee#44051 in 6,261
Texas#440271 in 3,878
New York#474191 in 6,018
Indiana#49751 in 7,946
New Jersey#55851 in 8,643
Ohio#56071 in 11,009
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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
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
40 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1919
  • Peaked 1959 at #166 (1,875 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 61 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 61 yrs · run 1934–1993
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,129
  • 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
Era · boys
The 1960s
  • 36.1% of all boys named Ron (13,109) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1910s6#3,736 (1919)#3,736
1920s36#2,725 (1926)#3,437
1930s810#405 (1939)#993
1940s5,568#206 (1946)#273
1950s7,785#166 (1959)#304
1960s13,109#170 (1960)#208
1970s4,263#270 (1970)#400
1980s2,001#493 (1980)#639
1990s1,319#739 (1990)#987
2000s779#1,341 (2000)#1,743
2010s494#2,175 (2014)#2,585
2020s192#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 1973

boys
#380
410 births · 1 in 3,801 boys

Top boys' names in 1973

  1. #1Michael67,797
  2. #2Christopher48,313
  3. #3Jason46,683
  4. #4James42,836
  5. #5David41,082
  6. #6John39,165
  7. #7Robert38,698
  8. #8Brian35,686
  9. #9William28,018
  10. #10Matthew24,531
  11. #380Ron410
More about 1973

boys

1,558,576 boys got a published name in 1973; 1 in 3,801 of them was named Ron, which outranked 93.5% of the 5,877 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ron
  1. #377Cecil414
  2. #378Demond411
  3. #378Dion411
  4. #380Ron410
  5. #381Bryon407
  6. #382Andres405
  7. #383Bryce404
Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,348Vashon#3,152 → #804
  2. ↑ 1,405Jory#2,158 → #753
  3. ↑ 348Pernell#1,262 → #914
  4. ↑ 345Enoch#1,307 → #962
  5. ↑ 273Tarik#1,177 → #904
Fallers
  1. ↓ 669Jabbar#917 → #1,586
  2. ↓ 361Wes#993 → #1,354
  3. ↓ 326Paris#797 → #1,123
  4. ↓ 284Christophe#984 → #1,268
  5. ↓ 272Bennett#851 → #1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1973 →