Ronnie

Where Ronnie comes from

Shortening of Ronald or Veronica + -ie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ronnie
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1903
    First appearance
    #1,130 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1927
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  3. 1944
    Ronnie Peterson born
    Swedish racing driver
  4. 1946
    Peak, #54
    5,727 babies named Ronnie — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1964
    Ronnie Coleman born
    American IFBB professional bodybuilder
  6. 1967
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #114.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Ronald.
  • A diminutive of the female given name Veronica.
Namesakes
  • Ronnie Coleman · American IFBB professional bodybuilder, born 1964
  • Ronnie Peterson · Swedish racing driver, 1944–1978
  • Ronnie Spector · American singer, 1943–2022
  • Ronnie Whelan · Irish footballer and manager, born 1961
  • Ronnie Van Zant · American singer, 1948–1977

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.