Ronan
- #5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births
- #247 for boys in 2025, 1,406 births
- Given to boys 98.8% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2025 · 1,406 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 20,679since 1959
Ronan over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ronan has never cracked the top 200 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
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 | #5,554 | 22 | #247 | 1,406 |
| 2024 | #6,642 | 17 | #257 | 1,374 |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | #290 | 1,149 |
| 2022 | #4,671 | 29 | #266 | 1,299 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | #274 | 1,258 |
| 2020 | #5,850 | 20 | #270 | 1,263 |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | #268 | 1,346 |
| 2018 | #9,806 | 10 | #294 | 1,192 |
| 2017 | #6,808 | 17 | #296 | 1,194 |
| 2016 | #5,796 | 22 | #315 | 1,111 |
| 2015 | #8,008 | 14 | #335 | 1,029 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #366 | 865 |
| 2013 | #13,150 | 7 | #434 | 668 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 | #457 | 596 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 | #457 | 584 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 | #508 | 507 |
| 2009 | — | #564 | 470 | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | #507 | 535 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #552 | 466 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #599 | 411 |
| 2005 | — | #606 | 372 | |
| 2004 | — | #643 | 322 | |
| 2003 | — | #762 | 232 | |
| 2002 | — | #824 | 203 | |
| 2001 | — | #858 | 187 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,009 | 145 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,086 | 123 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,700 | 60 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,164 | 40 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,590 | 29 | |
| 1995 | — | #3,854 | 16 | |
| 1994 | — | #3,911 | 16 | |
| 1993 | — | #7,638 | 6 | |
| 1992 | — | #4,114 | 14 | |
| 1991 | — | #4,760 | 11 | |
| 1990 | — | #6,415 | 7 | |
| 1989 | — | #4,271 | 12 | |
| 1988 | — | #5,200 | 8 | |
| 1987 | — | #4,573 | 9 | |
| 1986 | — | #4,457 | 9 | |
| 1985 | — | #5,147 | 7 | |
| 1984 | — | #5,561 | 6 | |
| 1983 | — | #6,238 | 5 | |
| 1982 | — | #3,482 | 12 | |
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #3,615 | 11 | |
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| 1976 | — | #4,935 | 6 | |
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| 1973 | — | #5,101 | 5 | |
| 1972 | — | #3,963 | 7 | |
| 1971 | — | #3,658 | 8 | |
| 1970 | — | #4,230 | 6 | |
| 1969 | — | #3,935 | 6 | |
| 1968 | — | #3,673 | 6 | |
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| 1965 | — | #3,244 | 7 | |
| 1964 | — | #3,601 | 6 | |
| 1963 | — | #3,044 | 8 | |
| 1962 | — | #3,305 | 7 | |
| 1961 | — | #3,356 | 7 | |
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| 1959 | — | #2,663 | 10 | |
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First appearance
1959
The first year at least five boys were named Ronan! It came in at #2,663, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1960, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Ronan is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · boys
- Vermont#80 · 1 in 202
- Alaska#94 · 1 in 284
- Hawaii#104 · 1 in 324
- Oregon#113 · 1 in 443
- New Hampshire#121 · 1 in 375
Best ever in a state: #58 in Vermont, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #80 | 6 | 1 in 202 |
| Alaska | #94 | 8 | 1 in 284 |
| Hawaii | #104 | 9 | 1 in 324 |
| Oregon | #113 | 34 | 1 in 443 |
| New Hampshire | #121 | 12 | 1 in 375 |
| Idaho | #125 | 20 | 1 in 432 |
| Massachusetts | #150 | 47 | 1 in 575 |
| Connecticut | #155 | 23 | 1 in 574 |
| Utah | #170 | 32 | 1 in 615 |
| Maine | #172 | 7 | 1 in 549 |
| Virginia | #172 | 53 | 1 in 703 |
| Colorado | #185 | 37 | 1 in 726 |
| Ohio | #198 | 64 | 1 in 821 |
| Washington | #200 | 41 | 1 in 800 |
| New York | #212 | 91 | 1 in 928 |
| Nevada | #213 | 14 | 1 in 807 |
| Indiana | #215 | 39 | 1 in 812 |
| Michigan | #217 | 45 | 1 in 893 |
| Missouri | #218 | 32 | 1 in 869 |
| South Dakota | #221 | 6 | 1 in 641 |
| Wisconsin | #221 | 27 | 1 in 868 |
| Illinois | #224 | 53 | 1 in 935 |
| Pennsylvania | #225 | 54 | 1 in 968 |
| Montana | #227 | 5 | 1 in 753 |
| California | #241 | 154 | 1 in 1,139 |
| Kansas | #246 | 15 | 1 in 936 |
| Arkansas | #247 | 14 | 1 in 899 |
| West Virginia | #254 | 7 | 1 in 880 |
| Maryland | #257 | 21 | 1 in 1,090 |
| New Jersey | #261 | 36 | 1 in 1,105 |
| Minnesota | #263 | 23 | 1 in 1,065 |
| Arizona | #272 | 29 | 1 in 1,128 |
| Iowa | #276 | 14 | 1 in 988 |
| Kentucky | #281 | 19 | 1 in 1,081 |
| Florida | #282 | 72 | 1 in 1,327 |
| Tennessee | #290 | 30 | 1 in 1,226 |
| Oklahoma | #328 | 14 | 1 in 1,263 |
| North Carolina | #330 | 35 | 1 in 1,471 |
| Alabama | #333 | 16 | 1 in 1,345 |
| New Mexico | #360 | 5 | 1 in 1,300 |
| Georgia | #414 | 27 | 1 in 1,860 |
| Louisiana | #426 | 11 | 1 in 1,739 |
| Nebraska | #432 | 5 | 1 in 1,764 |
| Texas | #435 | 77 | 1 in 2,273 |
| South Carolina | #668 | 6 | 1 in 3,533 |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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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 Ronan
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 23 spots since 2020 (#270 → #247)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 2001
- Biggest drop: 57 spots in 2009
Rise & fade · boys
66 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 2025 at #247 (1,406 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2001–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,215
- Highest: 1 in 1,215 boys born in 2025 were named Ronan (0.08%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 44.0% of all boys named Ronan (9,092) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 10 | #2,663 (1959) | #2,663 |
| 1960s | 47 | #3,044 (1963) | #3,451 |
| 1970s | 32 | #3,658 (1971) | #4,377 |
| 1980s | 84 | #3,482 (1982) | #4,881 |
| 1990s | 322 | #1,086 (1999) | #3,823 |
| 2000s | 3,343 | #507 (2008) | #692 |
| 2010s | 9,092 | #268 (2019) | #373 |
| 2020s | 7,749 | #247 (2025) | #267 |
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.
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