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
- 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
Rank among boys' names. Ronan has never cracked the top 200 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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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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 2024
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Vermont#58 · 1 in 163
- Wyoming#97 · 1 in 234
- Maine#118 · 1 in 373
- New Hampshire#126 · 1 in 434
- Massachusetts#126 · 1 in 474
Best ever in a state: #58 in Vermont, 2024.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vermont | #58 | 7 | 1 in 163 |
| Wyoming | #97 | 5 | 1 in 234 |
| Maine | #118 | 10 | 1 in 373 |
| Massachusetts | #126 | 57 | 1 in 474 |
| New Hampshire | #126 | 10 | 1 in 434 |
| District of Columbia | #135 | 7 | 1 in 400 |
| North Dakota | #153 | 7 | 1 in 470 |
| Delaware | #156 | 7 | 1 in 429 |
| Utah | #169 | 29 | 1 in 665 |
| Hawaii | #173 | 6 | 1 in 477 |
| Colorado | #174 | 38 | 1 in 687 |
| South Dakota | #177 | 7 | 1 in 529 |
| Oregon | #180 | 22 | 1 in 676 |
| Idaho | #181 | 14 | 1 in 596 |
| Nevada | #183 | 17 | 1 in 660 |
| Washington | #189 | 44 | 1 in 739 |
| Virginia | #191 | 48 | 1 in 786 |
| Kentucky | #197 | 28 | 1 in 728 |
| Minnesota | #197 | 31 | 1 in 778 |
| Missouri | #198 | 37 | 1 in 741 |
| Rhode Island | #201 | 5 | 1 in 630 |
| Maryland | #208 | 29 | 1 in 804 |
| Pennsylvania | #208 | 58 | 1 in 901 |
| Michigan | #215 | 46 | 1 in 869 |
| Connecticut | #219 | 15 | 1 in 889 |
| West Virginia | #228 | 8 | 1 in 788 |
| Arizona | #231 | 35 | 1 in 946 |
| Arkansas | #236 | 15 | 1 in 835 |
| Wisconsin | #236 | 25 | 1 in 940 |
| Iowa | #248 | 15 | 1 in 917 |
| New York | #250 | 77 | 1 in 1,123 |
| Illinois | #255 | 46 | 1 in 1,091 |
| Indiana | #258 | 31 | 1 in 1,035 |
| New Jersey | #261 | 36 | 1 in 1,109 |
| North Carolina | #262 | 44 | 1 in 1,162 |
| California | #280 | 135 | 1 in 1,335 |
| Ohio | #280 | 44 | 1 in 1,197 |
| New Mexico | #281 | 7 | 1 in 933 |
| Kansas | #295 | 12 | 1 in 1,126 |
| Oklahoma | #303 | 15 | 1 in 1,171 |
| South Carolina | #306 | 18 | 1 in 1,164 |
| Tennessee | #334 | 26 | 1 in 1,395 |
| Florida | #336 | 58 | 1 in 1,649 |
| Georgia | #354 | 32 | 1 in 1,597 |
| Louisiana | #404 | 12 | 1 in 1,640 |
| Texas | #458 | 76 | 1 in 2,353 |
| Mississippi | #520 | 5 | 1 in 2,198 |
| Alabama | #579 | 8 | 1 in 2,732 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nebraska | — | — | — |
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
- 10 spots since 2024 (#257 → #247)
- 23 spots since 2020 (#270 → #247)
- 88 spots since 2015 (#335 → #247)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 2001 (#1,009 → #858)
- Biggest drop: 57 spots in 2009 (#507 → #564)
- Debuted 1959
- Peaked 2025 at #247 (1,406 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 2001–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,215 boys born in 2025 were named Ronan (0.08%)
- 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.
Ronan in 2024
Top girls' names in 2024
Top boys' names in 2024
More about 2024
girls
1,620,190 girls got a published name in 2024; 1 in 95,305 of them was named Ronan, which outranked 62.5% of the 17,726 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #6,394Zeyna18
- #6,394Zurii18
- #6,394Zyriah18
- #6,642Ronan17
- #6,642Aariya17
- #6,642Abrianna17
- #6,642Adelie17
- #6,932Aadhira16
- #6,932Aalia16
- #6,932Abbygail16
Tied with 289 names at #6,642; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,722,888 boys got a published name in 2024; 1 in 1,254 of them was named Ronan, which outranked 98.2% of the 14,294 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.