Ronnie

#1,777 for girls in 2025, 113 births · #1,064 for boys in 2025, 204 births
Given to boys 95.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
1946 · 5,727 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
22 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · boys
182,926
since 1903

Ronnie over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #54, 1946boys
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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#1,777113#1,064204
2024#2,28281#993226
2023#2,12490#1,098194
2022#2,36478#1,044211
2021#2,41674#987222
2020#2,31776#1,064188
2019#2,78460#905243
2018#3,10752#876249
2017#3,62742#893241
2016#3,70741#867259
2015#4,29533#771308
2014#3,36947#753314
2013#4,54331#740315
2012#4,29634#714331
2011#4,15135#713321
2010#7,21717#672356
2009#6,54420#666368
2008#5,14228#617402
2007#5,52625#634383
2006#5,38325#565443
2005#5,99920#568412
2004#4,38731#539438
2003#3,94634#544419
2002#3,81034#550401
2001#2,66356#498460
2000#3,80833#482488
1999#2,70351#467486
1998#2,88945#437524
1997#2,93441#420549
1996#2,12564#392601
1995#1,90073#360668
1994#2,23259#361667
1993#2,21759#334758
1992#2,35155#309861
1991#2,79042#286909
1990#2,64044#2621,025
1989#2,27852#260973
1988#2,36946#2381,014
1987#2,36044#2271,039
1986#2,19547#2221,062
1985#1,90658#2141,128
1984#1,68465#2091,104
1983#1,92753#1991,191
1982#1,99152#1961,272
1981#1,95854#1811,370
1980#1,90456#1731,411
1979#1,64568#1631,520
1978#1,45479#1631,475
1977#1,57668#1561,546
1976#1,40675#1551,596
1975#1,27887#1511,631
1974#1,49965#1411,789
1973#1,31277#1361,895
1972#1,15594#1332,003
1971#1,30583#1352,300
1970#1,27086#1332,516
1969#1,29076#1272,413
1968#1,017104#1152,602
1967#978109#1142,707
1966#1,18981#1082,907
1965#1,20080#1073,146
1964#1,18287#1043,517
1963#1,10497#1013,819
1962#1,074101#1004,113
1961#1,060107#914,624
1960#1,11794#874,872
1959#944123#765,474
1958#941120#665,860
1957#881134#735,778
1956#850136#755,491
1955#763156#804,969
1954#768148#784,978
1953#674178#794,970
1952#652187#824,636
1951#630189#824,530
1950#588205#764,616
1949#559221#645,235
1948#524248#595,902
1947#499272#616,110
1946#490252#545,727
1945#513204#673,651
1944#571164#693,739
1943#565179#713,826
1942#585159#783,363
1941#74192#792,848
1940#82774#1012,055
1939#75283#1091,826
1938#94457#1131,640
1937#1,07044#1281,287
1936#1,50724#1471,056
1935#1,66321#164864
1934#1,91317#179759
1933#1,26232#226514
1932#1,81719#262430
1931#1,37529#406192
1930#1,53526#503141
1929#1,82520#602101
1928#1,83721#81864
1927#2,16917#1,14539
1926#1,35734#1,40427
1925#1,27238#1,87018
1924#1,53330#1,62823
1923#2,09118#1,69621
1922#1,28537#1,54524
1921#1,82123#2,63211
1920#1,43931#1,64222
1919#1,98918#1,88217
1918#1,69023#2,69910
1917#1,77320#1,90016
1916#2,36813#2,54310
1915#1,67220#2,45810
1914#2,6388#1,77213
1913#2,03410#2,4966
1912#2,9795#1,8858
1911#2,4635#1,11710
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1908#2,1015#1,3735
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First appearance
1903

The first year at least five boys were named Ronnie! It came in at #1,130, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1903–1910, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Ronnie is popular in 1972

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedNHWashington: #294 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,724 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #327 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,357 boysMNIllinois: #192 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 1,273 boysILWisconsin: #247 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 2,763 boysWIMichigan: #195 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 1,466 boysMINew York: #246 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 1,966 boysNYMassachusetts: #223 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,690 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedRIOregon: #232 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,815 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedNVWyoming: #107 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 434 boysWYSouth Dakota: #153 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 890 boysSDIowa: #173 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,474 boysIAIndiana: #131 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 886 boysINOhio: #124 for boys · 100 births · 1 in 814 boysOHPennsylvania: #209 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 2,199 boysPANew Jersey: #202 for boys · 30 births · 1 in 1,530 boysNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #204 for boys · 119 births · 1 in 1,262 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedUTColorado: #168 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 1,006 boysCONebraska: #231 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 2,161 boysNEMissouri: #104 for boys · 59 births · 1 in 596 boysMOKentucky: #68 for boys · 83 births · 1 in 320 boysKYWest Virginia: #89 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 477 boysWVVirginia: #96 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 547 boysVAMaryland: #150 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 874 boysMDDelaware: #125 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 736 boysDEArizona: #191 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 997 boysAZNew Mexico: #80 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 327 boysNMKansas: #129 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 755 boysKSArkansas: #69 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 293 boysARTennessee: #61 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 287 boysTNNorth Carolina: #61 for boys · 139 births · 1 in 299 boysNCSouth Carolina: #72 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 357 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #158 for boys · 11 births · 1 in 850 boysDCOklahoma: #89 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 394 boysOKLouisiana: #87 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 386 boysLAMississippi: #89 for boys · 52 births · 1 in 383 boysMSAlabama: #78 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 359 boysALGeorgia: #79 for boys · 112 births · 1 in 362 boysGAHawaii: #213 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,007 boysHITexas: #105 for boys · 236 births · 1 in 451 boysTXFlorida: #147 for boys · 66 births · 1 in 765 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#61 · 1 in 287
  2. North Carolina#61 · 1 in 299
  3. Kentucky#68 · 1 in 320
  4. Arkansas#69 · 1 in 293
  5. South Carolina#72 · 1 in 357

Best ever in a state: #18 in Oklahoma, 1946.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
North Carolina#611391 in 299
Tennessee#611121 in 287
Kentucky#68831 in 320
Arkansas#69511 in 293
South Carolina#72611 in 357
Alabama#78771 in 359
Georgia#791121 in 362
New Mexico#80271 in 327
Louisiana#87811 in 386
Mississippi#89521 in 383
Oklahoma#89481 in 394
West Virginia#89291 in 477
Virginia#96611 in 547
Missouri#104591 in 596
Texas#1052361 in 451
Wyoming#10751 in 434
Ohio#1241001 in 814
Delaware#12551 in 736
Kansas#129191 in 755
Indiana#131471 in 886
Florida#147661 in 765
Maryland#150271 in 874
South Dakota#15351 in 890
District of Columbia#158111 in 850
Colorado#168181 in 1,006
Iowa#173131 in 1,474
Arizona#191171 in 997
Illinois#192651 in 1,273
Michigan#195471 in 1,466
New Jersey#202301 in 1,530
California#2041191 in 1,262
Pennsylvania#209361 in 2,199
Hawaii#21361 in 1,007
Massachusetts#223141 in 2,690
Nebraska#23151 in 2,161
Oregon#23281 in 1,815
New York#246621 in 1,966
Wisconsin#247111 in 2,763
Washington#29481 in 2,724
Minnesota#32751 in 5,357
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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 Ronnie
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 71 spots since 2024 (#993 → #1,064)
  • Same as 2020 (#1,064)
  • 293 spots since 2015 (#771 → #1,064)
  • Biggest jump: 327 spots in 1928 (#1,145 → #818)
  • Biggest drop: 159 spots in 2020 (#905 → #1,064)
Rise & fade · boys
43 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1903
  • Peaked 1946 at #54 (5,727 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 21 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 100 for 22 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 22 yrs · run 1941–1962
  • Top 1,000: 94 yrs · run 1928–2019
Share of babies · boys
1 in 284
  • Highest: 1 in 284 boys born in 1946 were named Ronnie (0.35%)
  • Latest: 1 in 8,373 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 1950s
  • 28.0% of all boys named Ronnie (51,302) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s10#1,130 (1903)#1,252
1910s100#1,117 (1911)#2,084
1920s350#602 (1929)#1,498
1930s8,709#109 (1939)#224
1940s42,456#54 (1946)#70
1950s51,302#66 (1958)#77
1960s34,720#87 (1960)#105
1970s18,271#133 (1970)#147
1980s11,564#173 (1980)#212
1990s7,048#262 (1990)#363
2000s4,214#482 (2000)#566
2010s2,937#672 (2010)#790
2020s1,245#987 (2021)#1,042

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.

Ronnie in 1972

girls
#1,155
94 births · 1 in 16,183 girls
boys
#133
2,003 births · 1 in 810 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #1,155Ronnie94

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #133Ronnie2,003
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 16,183 of them was named Ronnie, which outranked 88.1% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ronnie
  1. #1,146Scott95
  2. #1,146Stephani95
  3. #1,146Zoe95
  4. #1,155Ronnie94
  5. #1,155Justina94
  6. #1,155Lina94
  7. #1,155Malisa94
  8. #1,161Alfreda93
  9. #1,161Dalia93
  10. #1,161Dannielle93

Tied with 5 names at #1,155; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

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

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 810 of them was named Ronnie, which outranked 97.7% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ronnie
  1. #130Louis2,102
  2. #131Dale2,062
  3. #132Harold2,035
  4. #133Ronnie2,003
  5. #134Glenn1,979
  6. #135Jermaine1,967
  7. #136Cory1,957
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

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

See the top 100 for 1972 →