Ronin

Where Ronin comes from

From modern films and comics, perhaps literally "a ronin". Compare also Ronan.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ronin
Ronin through the years
  1. 1998
    First appearance
    #5,840 among boys with 10 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2020
    Peak, #390
    790 babies named Ronin, the most in any year.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name originating as a coinage.
Namesakes

No widely recognized namesakes for Ronin in Wikidata.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.