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 | ||
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| 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 1976
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Missouri#383 · 1 in 4,714
- Michigan#668 · 1 in 12,223
- California#984 · 1 in 19,835
- New York#999 · 1 in 18,708
Best ever in a state: #282 in District of Columbia, 1994.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Missouri | #383 | 7 | 1 in 4,714 |
| Michigan | #668 | 5 | 1 in 12,223 |
| California | #984 | 8 | 1 in 19,835 |
| New York | #999 | 6 | 1 in 18,708 |
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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 1976
Top boys' names in 1976
More about 1976
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1,569,007 boys got a published name in 1976; 1 in 31,380 of them was named Ronnell, which outranked 81.1% of the 6,495 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 25.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,210Tobey51
- #1,210Vidal51
- #1,210Vinson51
- #1,225Ronnell50
- #1,225Augustin50
- #1,225Dajuan50
- #1,225Davey50
- #1,238Adolph49
- #1,238Caesar49
- #1,238Delano49
Tied with 12 names at #1,225; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.