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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201988peak #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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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 1988

  • 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: #361 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,622 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: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedMNIllinois: #287 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 2,318 boysILWisconsin: #306 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,600 boysWIMichigan: #262 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 2,587 boysMINew York: #396 for boys · 34 births · 1 in 3,814 boysNYMassachusetts: #389 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,924 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedRIOregon: #313 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,059 boysORNevada: #193 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,201 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #250 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,424 boysINOhio: #206 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 1,923 boysOHPennsylvania: #371 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 4,945 boysPANew Jersey: #327 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 3,216 boysNJConnecticut: #352 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,341 boysCTCalifornia: #256 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 1,868 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedUTColorado: #355 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,449 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #256 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 2,282 boysMOKentucky: #125 for boys · 29 births · 1 in 814 boysKYWest Virginia: #142 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,034 boysWVVirginia: #161 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 1,085 boysVAMaryland: #261 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,190 boysMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedDEArizona: #297 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 2,104 boysAZNew Mexico: #217 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 1,143 boysNMKansas: #238 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 1,853 boysKSArkansas: #140 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 773 boysARTennessee: #110 for boys · 51 births · 1 in 664 boysTNNorth Carolina: #132 for boys · 54 births · 1 in 806 boysNCSouth Carolina: #166 for boys · 26 births · 1 in 864 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #191 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 922 boysDCOklahoma: #149 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 830 boysOKLouisiana: #151 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 734 boysLAMississippi: #194 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 1,092 boysMSAlabama: #170 for boys · 25 births · 1 in 1,033 boysALGeorgia: #144 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 819 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedHITexas: #248 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 1,456 boysTXFlorida: #191 for boys · 72 births · 1 in 1,173 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Tennessee#110 · 1 in 664
  2. Kentucky#125 · 1 in 814
  3. North Carolina#132 · 1 in 806
  4. Arkansas#140 · 1 in 773
  5. West Virginia#142 · 1 in 1,034

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Tennessee#110511 in 664
Kentucky#125291 in 814
North Carolina#132541 in 806
Arkansas#140191 in 773
West Virginia#142101 in 1,034
Georgia#144571 in 819
Oklahoma#149251 in 830
Louisiana#151431 in 734
Virginia#161371 in 1,085
South Carolina#166261 in 864
Alabama#170251 in 1,033
District of Columbia#19191 in 922
Florida#191721 in 1,173
Nevada#19361 in 1,201
Mississippi#194151 in 1,092
Ohio#206401 in 1,923
New Mexico#217101 in 1,143
Kansas#23891 in 1,853
Texas#248991 in 1,456
Indiana#250161 in 2,424
California#2561351 in 1,868
Missouri#256161 in 2,282
Maryland#261141 in 2,190
Michigan#262251 in 2,587
Illinois#287361 in 2,318
Arizona#297141 in 2,104
Wisconsin#30691 in 3,600
Oregon#31361 in 3,059
New Jersey#327161 in 3,216
Connecticut#35251 in 4,341
Colorado#35571 in 3,449
Washington#36191 in 3,622
Pennsylvania#371161 in 4,945
Massachusetts#38971 in 5,924
New York#396341 in 3,814
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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 1988

girls
#2,369
46 births · 1 in 38,714 girls
boys
#238
1,014 births · 1 in 1,888 boys

Top girls' names in 1988

  1. #1Jessica51,556
  2. #2Ashley49,977
  3. #3Amanda39,459
  4. #4Sarah28,374
  5. #5Jennifer27,893
  6. #6Brittany26,816
  7. #7Stephanie22,843
  8. #8Samantha20,700
  9. #9Nicole20,315
  10. #10Elizabeth20,042
  11. #2,369Ronnie46

Top boys' names in 1988

  1. #1Michael64,171
  2. #2Christopher53,014
  3. #3Matthew45,876
  4. #4Joshua42,653
  5. #5Andrew35,745
  6. #6David35,329
  7. #7Justin35,055
  8. #8Daniel34,718
  9. #9James32,523
  10. #10Robert30,319
  11. #238Ronnie1,014
More about 1988

girls

1,780,854 girls got a published name in 1988; 1 in 38,714 of them was named Ronnie, which outranked 82.9% of the 13,883 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ronnie
  1. #2,330Telisha47
  2. #2,330Tesha47
  3. #2,330Toshia47
  4. #2,369Ronnie46
  5. #2,369Ambria46
  6. #2,369Anel46
  7. #2,369Anitra46
  8. #2,419Allissa45
  9. #2,419Anamaria45
  10. #2,419Annalee45

Tied with 49 names at #2,369; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,890Jalissa#3,857 → #967
  2. ↑ 2,381Taja#3,101 → #720
  3. ↑ 1,710Whitley#2,156 → #446
  4. ↑ 1,225Jalisa#1,662 → #437
  5. ↑ 883Jaleesa#1,227 → #344
Fallers
  1. ↓ 620Channing#590 → #1,210
  2. ↓ 346Denisse#954 → #1,300
  3. ↓ 319Jeana#966 → #1,285
  4. ↓ 314Eliana#826 → #1,140
  5. ↓ 311Nakia#893 → #1,204

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

boys

1,914,283 boys got a published name in 1988; 1 in 1,888 of them was named Ronnie, which outranked 97.2% of the 8,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ronnie
  1. #235Mason1,026
  2. #236Julio1,024
  3. #237Jamal1,020
  4. #238Ronnie1,014
  5. #239Ernest1,002
  6. #240Neil999
  7. #241Ramon994
Biggest movers since 1987
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,252Nico#4,239 → #987
  2. ↑ 1,245Ridge#2,215 → #970
  3. ↑ 668Colten#1,484 → #816
  4. ↑ 600Brantley#1,587 → #987
  5. ↑ 518Long#1,337 → #819
Fallers
  1. ↓ 362Cordaro#908 → #1,270
  2. ↓ 246Ramsey#884 → #1,130
  3. ↓ 241Yaakov#974 → #1,215
  4. ↓ 233Adrain#990 → #1,223
  5. ↓ 230Kiel#846 → #1,076

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

See the top 100 for 1988 →