Ronin

#6,546 for girls in 2025, 17 births · #504 for boys in 2025, 600 births
Given to boys 97.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
2020 · 790 births
Debut · boys
10 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
10,272
since 1998

Ronin over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Ronin has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202015boysat peak
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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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#6,54617#504600
2024#7,96713#495624
2023#12,1977#474641
2022#6,70717#422758
2021#5,57322#438710
2020#5,31423#390790
2019#6,17619#461650
2018#6,79217#455656
2017#7,44215#514563
2016#9,41111#508590
2015#11,8358#486606
2014#10,9559#555497
2013#16,5475#770291
2012#16,8695#766298
2011#12,1538#802274
2010—#851249
2009#10,67910#812273
2008#15,4056#799274
2007#17,6365#981200
2006#17,1685#1,003183
2005—#1,315115
2004—#1,359107
2003—#1,68773
2002—#1,88859
2001—#1,96055
2000—#1,78261
1999—#1,64265
1998—#5,84010
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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 2015

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedAKMaine: #217 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 774 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedNHWashington: #332 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 1,532 boysWAIdaho: #266 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 884 boysIDMontana: #139 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 447 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #428 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 2,366 boysMNIllinois: #671 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 4,742 boysILWisconsin: #454 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,474 boysWIMichigan: #380 for boys · 23 births · 1 in 2,077 boysMINew York: #744 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 5,413 boysNYMassachusetts: #403 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,687 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedRIOregon: #310 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,209 boysORNevada: #331 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,509 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedSDIowa: #379 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,753 boysIAIndiana: #454 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,582 boysINOhio: #650 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 4,638 boysOHPennsylvania: #588 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 4,273 boysPANew Jersey: #712 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 5,199 boysNJConnecticut: #389 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,401 boysCTCalifornia: #346 for boys · 113 births · 1 in 2,003 boysCAUtah: #442 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 2,126 boysUTColorado: #348 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,538 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedNEMissouri: #410 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 2,107 boysMOKentucky: #430 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 2,445 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedWVVirginia: #582 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 3,856 boysVAMaryland: #636 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,973 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedDEArizona: #318 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,479 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedNMKansas: #358 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,583 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedARTennessee: #521 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 3,045 boysTNNorth Carolina: #469 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,889 boysNCSouth Carolina: #590 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,585 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #635 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,462 boysOKLouisiana: #462 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,316 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedMSAlabama: #618 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,864 boysALGeorgia: #909 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,868 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ronin, so not publishedHITexas: #707 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 5,374 boysTXFlorida: #484 for boys · 33 births · 1 in 2,980 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Montana#139 · 1 in 447
  2. Maine#217 · 1 in 774
  3. Idaho#266 · 1 in 884
  4. Oregon#310 · 1 in 1,209
  5. Arizona#318 · 1 in 1,479

Best ever in a state: #109 in Alaska, 2021.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#13991 in 447
Maine#21761 in 774
Idaho#26691 in 884
Oregon#310151 in 1,209
Arizona#318251 in 1,479
Nevada#33191 in 1,509
Washington#332241 in 1,532
California#3461131 in 2,003
Colorado#348181 in 1,538
Kansas#358101 in 1,583
Iowa#37991 in 1,753
Michigan#380231 in 2,077
Connecticut#38961 in 2,401
Massachusetts#403111 in 2,687
Missouri#410151 in 2,107
Minnesota#428121 in 2,366
Kentucky#43091 in 2,445
Utah#442101 in 2,126
Indiana#454141 in 2,582
Wisconsin#454111 in 2,474
Louisiana#462111 in 2,316
North Carolina#469181 in 2,889
Florida#484331 in 2,980
Tennessee#521121 in 3,045
Virginia#582111 in 3,856
Pennsylvania#588141 in 4,273
South Carolina#59061 in 3,585
Alabama#61861 in 3,864
Oklahoma#63561 in 3,462
Maryland#63671 in 3,973
Ohio#650131 in 4,638
Illinois#671141 in 4,742
Texas#707351 in 5,374
New Jersey#71281 in 5,199
New York#744191 in 5,413
Georgia#90981 in 6,868
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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
  • 9 spots since 2024 (#495 → #504)
  • 114 spots since 2020 (#390 → #504)
  • 18 spots since 2015 (#486 → #504)
  • Biggest jump: 215 spots in 2014 (#770 → #555)
  • Biggest drop: 52 spots in 2023 (#422 → #474)
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
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s75#1,642 (1999)#3,741
2000s1,400#799 (2008)#1,359
2010s4,674#455 (2018)#617
2020s4,123#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.

Ronin in 2015

girls
#11,835
8 births · 1 in 223,137 girls
boys
#486
606 births · 1 in 3,163 boys

Top girls' names in 2015

  1. #1Emma20,487
  2. #2Olivia19,729
  3. #3Sophia17,454
  4. #4Ava16,416
  5. #5Isabella15,667
  6. #6Mia14,943
  7. #7Abigail12,422
  8. #8Emily11,808
  9. #9Charlotte11,415
  10. #10Harper10,311
  11. #11,835Ronin8

Top boys' names in 2015

  1. #1Noah19,680
  2. #2Liam18,410
  3. #3Mason16,675
  4. #4Jacob16,005
  5. #5William15,950
  6. #6Ethan15,103
  7. #7James14,865
  8. #8Alexander14,584
  9. #9Michael14,504
  10. #10Benjamin13,732
  11. #486Ronin606
More about 2015

girls

1,785,098 girls got a published name in 2015; 1 in 223,137 of them was named Ronin, which outranked 38.1% of the 19,130 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ronin
  1. #10,866Zuhra9
  2. #10,866Zuree9
  3. #10,866Zyia9
  4. #11,835Ronin8
  5. #11,835Aadhira8
  6. #11,835Aakriti8
  7. #11,835Aalayiah8
  8. #13,006Aabha7
  9. #13,006Aadvika7
  10. #13,006Aaila7

Tied with 1,170 names at #11,835; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,984Alaia#2,648 → #664
  2. ↑ 1,835Meilani#2,781 → #946
  3. ↑ 1,733Aitana#2,648 → #915
  4. ↑ 1,387Aislinn#2,351 → #964
  5. ↑ 1,072Taya#2,049 → #977
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,075Isis#703 → #1,778
  2. ↓ 502Annabell#923 → #1,425
  3. ↓ 500Anabel#911 → #1,411
  4. ↓ 344Cindy#711 → #1,055
  5. ↓ 334Anabella#529 → #863

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

boys

1,916,743 boys got a published name in 2015; 1 in 3,163 of them was named Ronin, which outranked 96.5% of the 14,059 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ronin
  1. #483Ty618
  2. #484Quentin616
  3. #485Jaime609
  4. #486Ronin606
  5. #487Atlas603
  6. #487Jerry603
  7. #489Kian602
Biggest movers since 2014
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,348Riaan#2,277 → #929
  2. ↑ 397Huxley#1,355 → #958
  3. ↑ 355Wilder#1,313 → #958
  4. ↑ 284Jaziel#1,218 → #934
  5. ↑ 268Canaan#1,074 → #806
Fallers
  1. ↓ 676Arnav#891 → #1,567
  2. ↓ 262Jayse#906 → #1,168
  3. ↓ 239Neymar#551 → #790
  4. ↓ 228Rylee#877 → #1,105
  5. ↓ 204Johnathon#915 → #1,119

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

See the top 100 for 2015 →