Ronnell
Last seen for girls in 1986 at #10,912 · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to boys 92.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1971 · 62 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 2,361since 1940
Ronnell over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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 | — | #10,695 | 6 | |
| 2024 | — | — | ||
| 2023 | — | #8,921 | 8 | |
| 2022 | — | #6,828 | 12 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,587 | 10 | |
| 2020 | — | #5,980 | 14 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,555 | 16 | |
| 2018 | — | #6,703 | 12 | |
| 2017 | — | #4,746 | 20 | |
| 2016 | — | #3,681 | 29 | |
| 2015 | — | #6,676 | 12 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,997 | 14 | |
| 2013 | — | #5,659 | 15 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,035 | 18 | |
| 2011 | — | #3,695 | 28 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,366 | 22 | |
| 2009 | — | #3,476 | 31 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,267 | 23 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,444 | 31 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,602 | 28 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,815 | 24 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,158 | 31 | |
| 2003 | — | #3,044 | 31 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,022 | 30 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,618 | 36 | |
| 2000 | — | #3,150 | 27 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,063 | 46 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,274 | 39 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,680 | 29 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,679 | 28 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,988 | 42 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,894 | 44 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,460 | 64 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,621 | 54 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,615 | 52 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,420 | 62 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,398 | 61 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,296 | 63 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,439 | 50 | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 | #1,345 | 53 |
| 1985 | — | #1,764 | 34 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,365 | 48 | |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #1,429 | 44 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,382 | 47 |
| 1981 | #8,128 | 7 | #1,207 | 57 |
| 1980 | — | #1,341 | 49 | |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 | #1,421 | 43 |
| 1978 | #6,948 | 8 | #1,258 | 51 |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | #1,367 | 44 |
| 1976 | — | #1,225 | 50 | |
| 1975 | #5,161 | 11 | #1,127 | 56 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #1,115 | 54 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #1,329 | 39 |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #1,285 | 42 |
| 1971 | #4,311 | 13 | #1,034 | 62 |
| 1970 | #4,492 | 12 | #1,103 | 55 |
| 1969 | #5,456 | 8 | #1,642 | 25 |
| 1968 | #4,779 | 9 | #1,650 | 23 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 | #1,711 | 21 |
| 1966 | — | #2,132 | 14 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #2,178 | 14 |
| 1964 | #6,767 | 5 | #1,545 | 26 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1962 | #4,533 | 9 | #1,852 | 19 |
| 1961 | — | #2,322 | 13 | |
| 1960 | #5,696 | 6 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #1,759 | 21 |
| 1958 | — | #2,506 | 11 | |
| 1957 | #5,377 | 6 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1956 | — | #2,361 | 12 | |
| 1955 | — | #2,302 | 12 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,628 | 22 | |
| 1953 | — | #2,531 | 10 | |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #2,680 | 9 |
| 1951 | — | #3,066 | 7 | |
| 1950 | — | #2,770 | 8 | |
| 1949 | — | #2,606 | 9 | |
| 1948 | — | #2,608 | 9 | |
| 1947 | — | #2,251 | 12 | |
| 1946 | — | #2,690 | 8 | |
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| 1944 | — | #3,430 | 5 | |
| 1943 | — | #3,538 | 5 | |
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| 1940 | — | #3,459 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Ronnell! It came in at #3,459, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1940–1945, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Ronnell is popular in 1977
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#629 · 1 in 9,040
- California#1,182 · 1 in 27,571
Best ever in a state: #282 in District of Columbia, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Illinois | #629 | 9 | 1 in 9,040 |
| California | #1,182 | 6 | 1 in 27,571 |
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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 Ronnell
- 4,715 spots since 2020 (#5,980 → #10,695)
- 4,019 spots since 2015 (#6,676 → #10,695)
- Debuted 1940
- Peaked 1971 at #1,034 (62 births)
- Births halved by 1996, 25 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 27,881 boys born in 1975 were named Ronnell (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 284,679 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,034 in 1971, was only 1 in 28,523 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.4% of all boys named Ronnell (506) were born in this decade
- The majority has never changed
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 53 | #2,251 (1947) | #2,940 |
| 1950s | 127 | #1,628 (1954) | #2,370 |
| 1960s | 191 | #1,545 (1964) | #1,894 |
| 1970s | 496 | #1,034 (1971) | #1,226 |
| 1980s | 506 | #1,207 (1981) | #1,397 |
| 1990s | 460 | #1,420 (1990) | #1,969 |
| 2000s | 292 | #2,618 (2001) | #3,360 |
| 2010s | 186 | #3,681 (2016) | #5,211 |
| 2020s | 50 | #5,980 (2020) | #8,002 |
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.
Ronnell in 1977
Top girls' names in 1977
Top boys' names in 1977
More about 1977
girls
1,533,146 girls got a published name in 1977; 1 in 117,934 of them was named Ronnell, which outranked 56.4% of the 11,329 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #4,652Wynona14
- #4,652Yazmin14
- #4,652Zarinah14
- #4,942Ronnell13
- #4,942Acacia13
- #4,942Afi13
- #4,942Aishah13
- #5,213Abril12
- #5,213Ainsley12
- #5,213Albertina12
Tied with 270 names at #4,942; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 37,346 of them was named Ronnell, which outranked 80.1% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,356Stephon45
- #1,356Tadd45
- #1,356Yosef45
- #1,367Ronnell44
- #1,367Abelardo44
- #1,367Ammon44
- #1,367Augustus44
- #1,390Abdullah43
- #1,390Abe43
- #1,390Alonso43
Tied with 22 names at #1,367; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.