Ronin
- #6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births
- #504 for boys in 2025, 600 births
- Given to boys 97.9% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 2020 · 790 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 10,272since 1998
Ronin over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Ronin has never cracked the top 300 here.
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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 | #6,546 | 17 | #504 | 600 |
| 2024 | #7,967 | 13 | #495 | 624 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 | #474 | 641 |
| 2022 | #6,707 | 17 | #422 | 758 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | #438 | 710 |
| 2020 | #5,314 | 23 | #390 | 790 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | #461 | 650 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 | #455 | 656 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 | #514 | 563 |
| 2016 | #9,411 | 11 | #508 | 590 |
| 2015 | #11,835 | 8 | #486 | 606 |
| 2014 | #10,955 | 9 | #555 | 497 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #770 | 291 |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 | #766 | 298 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 | #802 | 274 |
| 2010 | — | #851 | 249 | |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 | #812 | 273 |
| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | #799 | 274 |
| 2007 | #17,636 | 5 | #981 | 200 |
| 2006 | #17,168 | 5 | #1,003 | 183 |
| 2005 | — | #1,315 | 115 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,359 | 107 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,687 | 73 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,888 | 59 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,960 | 55 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,782 | 61 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,642 | 65 | |
| 1998 | — | #5,840 | 10 | |
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First appearance
1998
The first year at least five boys were named Ronin! It came in at #5,840, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1998, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.
Where Ronin is popular in 2025
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alaska | #110 | 7 | 1 in 325 |
| Hawaii | #214 | 5 | 1 in 584 |
| Nebraska | #266 | 9 | 1 in 980 |
| Idaho | #282 | 9 | 1 in 959 |
| Utah | #288 | 17 | 1 in 1,157 |
| Connecticut | #296 | 10 | 1 in 1,321 |
| Missouri | #302 | 22 | 1 in 1,264 |
| Oregon | #312 | 13 | 1 in 1,158 |
| West Virginia | #330 | 5 | 1 in 1,232 |
| Arkansas | #332 | 10 | 1 in 1,259 |
| Colorado | #346 | 18 | 1 in 1,492 |
| Oklahoma | #351 | 13 | 1 in 1,360 |
| Nevada | #362 | 8 | 1 in 1,412 |
| Tennessee | #372 | 22 | 1 in 1,671 |
| Arizona | #392 | 19 | 1 in 1,722 |
| Michigan | #393 | 22 | 1 in 1,827 |
| Indiana | #395 | 18 | 1 in 1,759 |
| Kentucky | #404 | 12 | 1 in 1,711 |
| Ohio | #411 | 26 | 1 in 2,021 |
| Texas | #461 | 72 | 1 in 2,431 |
| Virginia | #497 | 15 | 1 in 2,484 |
| North Carolina | #498 | 20 | 1 in 2,573 |
| Washington | #502 | 14 | 1 in 2,343 |
| California | #509 | 60 | 1 in 2,925 |
| Iowa | #571 | 5 | 1 in 2,766 |
| Alabama | #573 | 8 | 1 in 2,690 |
| Louisiana | #591 | 7 | 1 in 2,733 |
| Pennsylvania | #631 | 14 | 1 in 3,733 |
| Florida | #662 | 24 | 1 in 3,981 |
| Wisconsin | #678 | 6 | 1 in 3,905 |
| Massachusetts | #690 | 6 | 1 in 4,504 |
| Minnesota | #718 | 6 | 1 in 4,083 |
| New York | #745 | 19 | 1 in 4,443 |
| Illinois | #752 | 11 | 1 in 4,505 |
| Georgia | #919 | 9 | 1 in 5,580 |
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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 Ronin
Momentum · boys
Falling
- 114 spots since 2020 (#390 → #504)
- Biggest jump: 215 spots in 2014
- Biggest drop: 52 spots in 2023
Rise & fade · boys
22 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1998
- Peaked 2020 at #390 (790 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 19 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 19 yrs · run 2007–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,185
- Highest: 1 in 2,185 boys born in 2020 were named Ronin (0.05%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,847 boys born in 2025 (0.04%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 45.5% of all boys named Ronin (4,674) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 75 | #1,642 (1999) | #3,741 |
| 2000s | 1,400 | #799 (2008) | #1,359 |
| 2010s | 4,674 | #455 (2018) | #617 |
| 2020s | 4,123 | #390 (2020) | #454 |
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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