Ronell

Last seen for girls in 1999 at #14,411 · #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
Given to boys 83.3% of the time

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Peak · boys
1976 · 48 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,623
since 1934

Ronell over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #3,321, 1956peak #1,267, 1976girlsboys
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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
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2025—#8,9108
2024——
2023—#8,9218
2022—#12,3305
2021—#7,58710
2020—#6,62012
2019—#7,64310
2018—#5,77015
2017—#9,6967
2016—#5,78915
2015—#7,06611
2014—#5,99714
2013—#7,53710
2012—#5,48216
2011—#5,43316
2010—#5,04718
2009—#4,42922
2008—#5,06718
2007—#4,24323
2006—#6,09413
2005—#3,71025
2004—#4,12921
2003—#3,83822
2002—#3,67023
2001—#3,84221
2000—#3,92220
1999#14,4115#4,76214
1998—#2,92627
1997—#3,26122
1996—#3,67818
1995—#3,19121
1994—#2,68527
1993—#3,14121
1992#13,3175#1,82045
1991—#1,91940
1990—#1,78044
1989#9,6817#1,85840
1988—#2,19728
1987#11,3255#2,21526
1986—#1,96230
1985—#3,07015
1984#10,4225#1,42245
1983#6,21210#1,71133
1982#10,5175#1,62237
1981—#1,62936
1980#7,4188#1,96528
1979#9,0106#1,67034
1978#6,3859#1,68832
1977#6,8928#1,45040
1976#4,61413#1,26748
1975#5,16111#1,78727
1974#6,9007#1,58231
1973#6,6667#1,48533
1972#5,10910#1,64828
1971#5,13610#1,49433
1970#3,87215#1,79424
1969#3,95813#2,41513
1968#3,45615#2,03016
1967#4,9828#2,24213
1966#3,74012#1,75719
1965#5,2897#2,08415
1964#4,35510#2,40912
1963#4,01911#2,41412
1962#5,2937#1,96217
1961#5,3097#2,07016
1960#5,6966#1,52328
1959#4,6258#3,2907
1958#4,5208#2,64210
1957—#2,19014
1956#3,32113#2,9698
1955#4,7407#2,55810
1954#4,2788#2,9428
1953#4,5957#2,9058
1952—#2,15313
1951—#3,0667
1950#4,3157#2,5809
1949#5,2445#2,02214
1948—#3,6685
1947#5,2955#3,7335
1946#4,4176#3,5255
1945—#2,7437
1944—#3,4305
1943—#3,5385
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First appearance
1934

The first year at least five boys were named Ronell! It came in at #3,277, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1935–1938, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Ronell is popular in 1989

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedMNIllinois: #985 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 17,359 boysILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Ronell, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Illinois#985 · 1 in 17,359

Best ever in a state: #414 in Missouri, 1984.

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Illinois#98551 in 17,359
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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 Ronell
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 2,290 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #8,910)
  • 1,844 spots since 2015 (#7,066 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
42 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1934
  • Peaked 1976 at #1,267 (48 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 9 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 32,688
  • Highest: 1 in 32,688 boys born in 1976 were named Ronell (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1970s
  • 20.3% of all boys named Ronell (330) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1970
  • Mostly girls until 1969, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s12#3,113 (1939)#3,195
1940s46#2,022 (1949)#3,237
1950s94#2,153 (1952)#2,730
1960s161#1,523 (1960)#2,091
1970s330#1,267 (1976)#1,587
1980s318#1,422 (1984)#1,965
1990s279#1,780 (1990)#2,916
2000s208#3,670 (2002)#4,294
2010s132#5,047 (2010)#6,546
2020s43#6,620 (2020)#8,874

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.

Ronell in 1989

girls
#9,681
7 births · 1 in 263,365 girls
boys
#1,858
40 births · 1 in 50,023 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #9,681Ronell7

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #1,858Ronell40
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 263,365 of them was named Ronell, which outranked 33.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ronell
  1. #8,761Zola8
  2. #8,761Zoua8
  3. #8,761Zulay8
  4. #9,681Ronell7
  5. #9,681Aarica7
  6. #9,681Abbagail7
  7. #9,681Abbee7
  8. #10,847Aarion6
  9. #10,847Aarthi6
  10. #10,847Abaigeal6

Tied with 1,165 names at #9,681; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,523Audriana#10,386 → #863
  2. ↑ 7,504Martika#8,391 → #887
  3. ↑ 6,932Audrianna#7,691 → #759
  4. ↑ 3,972Elizabet#4,496 → #524
  5. ↑ 1,772Katherin#2,489 → #717
Fallers
  1. ↓ 539Diandra#905 → #1,444
  2. ↓ 524Taja#720 → #1,244
  3. ↓ 455Jonathan#999 → #1,454
  4. ↓ 445Katarina#960 → #1,405
  5. ↓ 397Caryn#816 → #1,213

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

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 50,023 of them was named Ronell, which outranked 79.9% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ronell
  1. #1,831Thanh41
  2. #1,831Trae41
  3. #1,831Zachry41
  4. #1,858Ronell40
  5. #1,858Aharon40
  6. #1,858Andra40
  7. #1,858Artemio40
  8. #1,891Alicia39
  9. #1,891Amar39
  10. #1,891Andrae39

Tied with 32 names at #1,858; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,314Kiara#7,270 → #956
  2. ↑ 5,870Alexande#6,426 → #556
  3. ↑ 1,111Kwame#1,768 → #657
  4. ↑ 766Kadeem#1,467 → #701
  5. ↑ 684Hakeem#1,270 → #586
Fallers
  1. ↓ 839Long#819 → #1,658
  2. ↓ 337Darell#981 → #1,318
  3. ↓ 294Whitney#890 → #1,184
  4. ↓ 269Trevin#840 → #1,109
  5. ↓ 252Curt#850 → #1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1989 →