Ronald
Last seen for girls in 1999 at #14,411 · #637 for boys in 2025, 438 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1943 · 29,239 births
- Debut · boys
- 6 births
- In top 100 · boys
- 65 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 1,082,247since 1883
Ronald over time
Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #637 | 438 | |
| 2024 | — | #575 | 497 | |
| 2023 | — | #611 | 457 | |
| 2022 | — | #559 | 532 | |
| 2021 | — | #562 | 505 | |
| 2020 | — | #558 | 503 | |
| 2019 | — | #526 | 541 | |
| 2018 | — | #490 | 588 | |
| 2017 | — | #459 | 660 | |
| 2016 | — | #429 | 728 | |
| 2015 | — | #434 | 704 | |
| 2014 | — | #394 | 791 | |
| 2013 | — | #402 | 745 | |
| 2012 | — | #378 | 797 | |
| 2011 | — | #342 | 889 | |
| 2010 | — | #343 | 913 | |
| 2009 | — | #341 | 926 | |
| 2008 | — | #307 | 1,089 | |
| 2007 | — | #292 | 1,175 | |
| 2006 | — | #249 | 1,374 | |
| 2005 | — | #255 | 1,302 | |
| 2004 | — | #232 | 1,450 | |
| 2003 | — | #237 | 1,406 | |
| 2002 | — | #227 | 1,521 | |
| 2001 | — | #212 | 1,652 | |
| 2000 | — | #203 | 1,750 | |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 | #186 | 1,872 |
| 1998 | — | #182 | 1,847 | |
| 1997 | — | #164 | 2,096 | |
| 1996 | — | #156 | 2,229 | |
| 1995 | — | #146 | 2,400 | |
| 1994 | #11,778 | 6 | #137 | 2,564 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | #122 | 2,882 |
| 1992 | #7,067 | 12 | #112 | 3,222 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #101 | 3,670 |
| 1990 | #5,835 | 15 | #97 | 3,899 |
| 1989 | #4,522 | 20 | #85 | 4,110 |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 | #79 | 4,173 |
| 1987 | #3,101 | 30 | #73 | 4,153 |
| 1986 | #2,300 | 44 | #75 | 4,224 |
| 1985 | #2,804 | 33 | #71 | 4,299 |
| 1984 | #2,149 | 46 | #67 | 4,507 |
| 1983 | #2,433 | 38 | #64 | 4,702 |
| 1982 | #2,250 | 44 | #60 | 5,207 |
| 1981 | #2,342 | 42 | #59 | 5,538 |
| 1980 | #2,391 | 40 | #58 | 5,757 |
| 1979 | #2,050 | 49 | #54 | 5,694 |
| 1978 | #2,390 | 37 | #55 | 5,758 |
| 1977 | #1,682 | 62 | #53 | 6,026 |
| 1976 | #1,912 | 47 | #49 | 6,457 |
| 1975 | #1,655 | 58 | #46 | 7,064 |
| 1974 | #1,760 | 51 | #42 | 7,667 |
| 1973 | #1,399 | 70 | #40 | 8,327 |
| 1972 | #1,432 | 68 | #32 | 9,502 |
| 1971 | #1,364 | 78 | #31 | 11,617 |
| 1970 | #1,343 | 78 | #29 | 13,618 |
| 1969 | #1,169 | 91 | #29 | 14,618 |
| 1968 | #1,171 | 85 | #25 | 15,415 |
| 1967 | #1,028 | 100 | #24 | 16,443 |
| 1966 | #1,135 | 87 | #24 | 16,952 |
| 1965 | #1,302 | 69 | #24 | 17,619 |
| 1964 | #1,229 | 80 | #24 | 18,844 |
| 1963 | #1,319 | 70 | #23 | 19,780 |
| 1962 | #1,429 | 60 | #25 | 19,963 |
| 1961 | #1,268 | 76 | #24 | 20,842 |
| 1960 | #1,199 | 82 | #21 | 21,714 |
| 1959 | #1,130 | 89 | #21 | 23,114 |
| 1958 | #1,310 | 65 | #19 | 24,824 |
| 1957 | #1,090 | 92 | #17 | 27,209 |
| 1956 | #1,329 | 61 | #15 | 27,725 |
| 1955 | #1,197 | 70 | #18 | 26,172 |
| 1954 | #1,197 | 70 | #15 | 27,625 |
| 1953 | #1,225 | 62 | #15 | 27,713 |
| 1952 | #1,107 | 72 | #15 | 27,800 |
| 1951 | #1,151 | 66 | #12 | 29,049 |
| 1950 | #1,114 | 68 | #12 | 29,908 |
| 1949 | #973 | 84 | #11 | 31,502 |
| 1948 | #1,049 | 71 | #10 | 33,527 |
| 1947 | #1,038 | 73 | #11 | 34,899 |
| 1946 | #853 | 94 | #10 | 31,858 |
| 1945 | #1,048 | 55 | #10 | 23,665 |
| 1944 | #993 | 61 | #10 | 25,513 |
| 1943 | #907 | 73 | #9 | 29,239 |
| 1942 | #873 | 78 | #9 | 27,138 |
| 1941 | #993 | 54 | #9 | 24,407 |
| 1940 | #944 | 58 | #10 | 20,741 |
| 1939 | #960 | 54 | #10 | 19,837 |
| 1938 | #875 | 64 | #10 | 20,295 |
| 1937 | #920 | 56 | #11 | 18,141 |
| 1936 | #1,022 | 46 | #12 | 16,917 |
| 1935 | #965 | 51 | #12 | 15,489 |
| 1934 | #894 | 58 | #11 | 14,088 |
| 1933 | #1,244 | 33 | #12 | 12,061 |
| 1932 | #1,082 | 43 | #16 | 11,143 |
| 1931 | #1,148 | 39 | #27 | 6,726 |
| 1930 | #1,210 | 38 | #37 | 5,635 |
| 1929 | #1,487 | 27 | #45 | 4,479 |
| 1928 | #1,738 | 23 | #50 | 3,969 |
| 1927 | #2,026 | 19 | #63 | 3,115 |
| 1926 | #2,351 | 15 | #88 | 2,283 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #104 | 1,674 |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #130 | 1,360 |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | #142 | 1,148 |
| 1922 | — | #147 | 1,042 | |
| 1921 | — | #154 | 992 | |
| 1920 | — | #168 | 832 | |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #171 | 784 |
| 1918 | — | #176 | 751 | |
| 1917 | — | #165 | 766 | |
| 1916 | — | #165 | 723 | |
| 1915 | — | #155 | 763 | |
| 1914 | — | #163 | 541 | |
| 1913 | — | #166 | 417 | |
| 1912 | — | #191 | 302 | |
| 1911 | — | #218 | 136 | |
| 1910 | — | #214 | 118 | |
| 1909 | — | #225 | 93 | |
| 1908 | — | #245 | 75 | |
| 1907 | — | #215 | 88 | |
| 1906 | — | #225 | 76 | |
| 1905 | — | #277 | 51 | |
| 1904 | — | #270 | 50 | |
| 1903 | — | #253 | 52 | |
| 1902 | — | #267 | 49 | |
| 1901 | — | #265 | 42 | |
| 1900 | — | #343 | 40 | |
| 1899 | — | #346 | 27 | |
| 1898 | — | #385 | 26 | |
| 1897 | — | #316 | 34 | |
| 1896 | — | #407 | 23 | |
| 1895 | — | #383 | 25 | |
| 1894 | — | #412 | 21 | |
| 1893 | — | #768 | 8 | |
| 1892 | — | #480 | 17 | |
| 1891 | — | #700 | 8 | |
| 1890 | — | #405 | 20 | |
| 1889 | — | #628 | 10 | |
| 1888 | — | #505 | 15 | |
| 1887 | — | #679 | 8 | |
| 1886 | — | #512 | 13 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | #570 | 11 | |
| 1883 | — | #799 | 6 | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Ronald! It came in at #799, and was given to 6 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ronald is popular in 1985
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#46 · 1 in 193
- Maryland#51 · 1 in 241
- New Jersey#56 · 1 in 312
- South Carolina#57 · 1 in 297
- Louisiana#58 · 1 in 282
Best ever in a state: #2 in Hawaii, 1943.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #46 | 40 | 1 in 193 |
| Maryland | #51 | 115 | 1 in 241 |
| New Jersey | #56 | 149 | 1 in 312 |
| South Carolina | #57 | 72 | 1 in 297 |
| Louisiana | #58 | 127 | 1 in 282 |
| Virginia | #60 | 120 | 1 in 315 |
| Florida | #61 | 251 | 1 in 297 |
| Pennsylvania | #63 | 270 | 1 in 285 |
| Ohio | #64 | 242 | 1 in 319 |
| New York | #65 | 337 | 1 in 359 |
| Rhode Island | #65 | 19 | 1 in 313 |
| Georgia | #66 | 124 | 1 in 348 |
| Tennessee | #66 | 97 | 1 in 332 |
| West Virginia | #66 | 35 | 1 in 331 |
| Michigan | #67 | 193 | 1 in 337 |
| North Carolina | #67 | 118 | 1 in 343 |
| Alabama | #69 | 72 | 1 in 355 |
| Illinois | #69 | 216 | 1 in 381 |
| Kentucky | #70 | 68 | 1 in 365 |
| Mississippi | #70 | 51 | 1 in 341 |
| Indiana | #73 | 94 | 1 in 401 |
| Missouri | #76 | 87 | 1 in 424 |
| Connecticut | #78 | 47 | 1 in 424 |
| Massachusetts | #79 | 76 | 1 in 516 |
| Arizona | #86 | 58 | 1 in 456 |
| Nevada | #87 | 14 | 1 in 442 |
| Arkansas | #90 | 33 | 1 in 462 |
| Oklahoma | #90 | 50 | 1 in 472 |
| California | #96 | 476 | 1 in 469 |
| Hawaii | #97 | 16 | 1 in 427 |
| Delaware | #99 | 7 | 1 in 575 |
| Oregon | #99 | 33 | 1 in 551 |
| Alaska | #100 | 11 | 1 in 459 |
| Maine | #101 | 12 | 1 in 602 |
| Utah | #101 | 34 | 1 in 501 |
| Iowa | #103 | 32 | 1 in 605 |
| Kansas | #103 | 33 | 1 in 526 |
| Vermont | #110 | 5 | 1 in 665 |
| New Hampshire | #117 | 8 | 1 in 857 |
| Texas | #117 | 251 | 1 in 586 |
| Montana | #119 | 10 | 1 in 554 |
| New Mexico | #119 | 21 | 1 in 553 |
| Colorado | #121 | 36 | 1 in 699 |
| Wyoming | #121 | 6 | 1 in 577 |
| Nebraska | #124 | 14 | 1 in 837 |
| Minnesota | #126 | 33 | 1 in 958 |
| Washington | #136 | 37 | 1 in 852 |
| Idaho | #141 | 9 | 1 in 803 |
| South Dakota | #141 | 6 | 1 in 854 |
| Wisconsin | #143 | 29 | 1 in 1,177 |
| North Dakota | #154 | 5 | 1 in 1,104 |
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 Ronald
- 62 spots since 2024 (#575 → #637)
- 79 spots since 2020 (#558 → #637)
- 203 spots since 2015 (#434 → #637)
- Biggest jump: 356 spots in 1894 (#768 → #412)
- Biggest drop: 295 spots in 1891 (#405 → #700)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1943 at #9 (29,239 births)
- Births halved by 1969, 26 yrs later
- Top 10: 10 yrs · run 1938–1946
- Top 100: 65 yrs · run 1926–1990
- Top 1,000: 142 yrs · run 1886–2025
- Highest: 1 in 49 boys born in 1943 were named Ronald (2.0%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,900 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- 26.1% of all boys named Ronald (282,489) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 63 | #505 (1888) | #616 |
| 1890s | 209 | #316 (1897) | #460 |
| 1900s | 616 | #215 (1907) | #259 |
| 1910s | 5,301 | #155 (1915) | #178 |
| 1920s | 20,894 | #45 (1929) | #109 |
| 1930s | 140,332 | #10 (1938) | #16 |
| 1940s | 282,489 | #9 (1943) | #10 |
| 1950s | 271,139 | #12 (1950) | #16 |
| 1960s | 182,190 | #21 (1960) | #24 |
| 1970s | 81,730 | #29 (1970) | #43 |
| 1980s | 46,670 | #58 (1980) | #69 |
| 1990s | 26,681 | #97 (1990) | #140 |
| 2000s | 13,645 | #203 (2000) | #256 |
| 2010s | 7,356 | #342 (2011) | #420 |
| 2020s | 2,932 | #558 (2020) | #584 |
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.
Ronald in 1985
Top girls' names in 1985
Top boys' names in 1985
More about 1985
girls
1,720,828 girls got a published name in 1985; 1 in 52,146 of them was named Ronald, which outranked 77.6% of the 12,505 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,749Tynesha34
- #2,749Vasiliki34
- #2,749Willie34
- #2,804Ronald33
- #2,804Alysse33
- #2,804Angelika33
- #2,804Breeanna33
- #2,860Aleta32
- #2,860Allisha32
- #2,860Amethyst32
Tied with 55 names at #2,804; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,848,210 boys got a published name in 1985; 1 in 430 of them was named Ronald, which outranked 99.1% of the 7,586 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.