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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #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
1910
1909#2,2085
1908#2,1015#1,3735
1907
1906
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1904
1903#1,5926#1,1305
1902#1,7935
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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 1961

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedAKMaine: #194 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 1,559 boysMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #148 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,230 boysNHWashington: #222 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 1,811 boysWAIdaho: #134 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 601 boysIDMontana: #209 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 1,283 boysMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #201 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 2,291 boysMNIllinois: #139 for boys · 136 births · 1 in 838 boysILWisconsin: #192 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 2,155 boysWIMichigan: #169 for boys · 70 births · 1 in 1,332 boysMINew York: #187 for boys · 121 births · 1 in 1,484 boysNYMassachusetts: #163 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 2,125 boysMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedRIOregon: #127 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 651 boysORNevada: #45 for boys · 19 births · 1 in 171 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Ronnie, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #124 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 646 boysSDIowa: #129 for boys · 31 births · 1 in 976 boysIAIndiana: #90 for boys · 116 births · 1 in 467 boysINOhio: #116 for boys · 155 births · 1 in 720 boysOHPennsylvania: #227 for boys · 43 births · 1 in 2,746 boysPANew Jersey: #149 for boys · 53 births · 1 in 1,191 boysNJConnecticut: #147 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 1,329 boysCTCalifornia: #124 for boys · 306 births · 1 in 618 boysCAUtah: #165 for boys · 15 births · 1 in 811 boysUTColorado: #88 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 393 boysCONebraska: #120 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 734 boysNEMissouri: #67 for boys · 158 births · 1 in 306 boysMOKentucky: #46 for boys · 181 births · 1 in 191 boysKYWest Virginia: #51 for boys · 81 births · 1 in 232 boysWVVirginia: #54 for boys · 166 births · 1 in 261 boysVAMaryland: #83 for boys · 77 births · 1 in 426 boysMDDelaware: #151 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,044 boysDEArizona: #104 for boys · 38 births · 1 in 446 boysAZNew Mexico: #63 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 237 boysNMKansas: #80 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 345 boysKSArkansas: #31 for boys · 154 births · 1 in 127 boysARTennessee: #35 for boys · 285 births · 1 in 138 boysTNNorth Carolina: #39 for boys · 330 births · 1 in 160 boysNCSouth Carolina: #37 for boys · 165 births · 1 in 172 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: #103 for boys · 27 births · 1 in 550 boysDCOklahoma: #47 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 168 boysOKLouisiana: #75 for boys · 141 births · 1 in 293 boysLAMississippi: #49 for boys · 133 births · 1 in 203 boysMSAlabama: #46 for boys · 183 births · 1 in 205 boysALGeorgia: #41 for boys · 261 births · 1 in 183 boysGAHawaii: #253 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 1,494 boysHITexas: #60 for boys · 450 births · 1 in 266 boysTXFlorida: #66 for boys · 191 births · 1 in 288 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#31 · 1 in 127
  2. Tennessee#35 · 1 in 138
  3. South Carolina#37 · 1 in 172
  4. North Carolina#39 · 1 in 160
  5. Georgia#41 · 1 in 183

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#311541 in 127
Tennessee#352851 in 138
South Carolina#371651 in 172
North Carolina#393301 in 160
Georgia#412611 in 183
Nevada#45191 in 171
Alabama#461831 in 205
Kentucky#461811 in 191
Oklahoma#471401 in 168
Mississippi#491331 in 203
West Virginia#51811 in 232
Virginia#541661 in 261
Texas#604501 in 266
New Mexico#63561 in 237
Florida#661911 in 288
Missouri#671581 in 306
Louisiana#751411 in 293
Kansas#80651 in 345
Maryland#83771 in 426
Colorado#88561 in 393
Indiana#901161 in 467
District of Columbia#103271 in 550
Arizona#104381 in 446
Ohio#1161551 in 720
Nebraska#120221 in 734
California#1243061 in 618
South Dakota#124121 in 646
Oregon#127271 in 651
Iowa#129311 in 976
Idaho#134121 in 601
Illinois#1391361 in 838
Connecticut#147201 in 1,329
New Hampshire#14851 in 1,230
New Jersey#149531 in 1,191
Delaware#15151 in 1,044
Massachusetts#163271 in 2,125
Utah#165151 in 811
Michigan#169701 in 1,332
New York#1871211 in 1,484
Wisconsin#192221 in 2,155
Maine#19471 in 1,559
Minnesota#201181 in 2,291
Montana#20961 in 1,283
Washington#222171 in 1,811
Pennsylvania#227431 in 2,746
Hawaii#25351 in 1,494
Alaska
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Vermont
Wyoming

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 1961

girls
#1,060
107 births · 1 in 18,864 girls
boys
#91
4,624 births · 1 in 459 boys

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #1,060Ronnie107

Top boys' names in 1961

  1. #1Michael86,974
  2. #2David84,810
  3. #3John79,983
  4. #4James75,969
  5. #5Robert72,977
  6. #6Mark57,796
  7. #7William48,045
  8. #8Richard41,142
  9. #9Thomas37,565
  10. #10Steven32,275
  11. #91Ronnie4,624
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 18,864 of them was named Ronnie, which outranked 85.9% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ronnie
  1. #1,057Carmel108
  2. #1,057Kevin108
  3. #1,057Matilda108
  4. #1,060Ronnie107
  5. #1,060Dawne107
  6. #1,060Evonne107
  7. #1,063Charity106
  8. #1,063Joycelyn106
  9. #1,063Lory106

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 997Corinna#1,811#814
  2. 789Sabra#1,637#848
  3. 745Velvet#1,286#541
  4. 601Johnna#1,043#442
  5. 600Damita#1,597#997
Fallers
  1. 317Sheena#980#1,297
  2. 253Lita#909#1,162
  3. 241Jannette#970#1,211
  4. 229Francisca#939#1,168
  5. 214Andra#822#1,036

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

boys

2,124,195 boys got a published name in 1961; 1 in 459 of them was named Ronnie, which outranked 98.0% of the 4,657 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ronnie
  1. #88Tom4,731
  2. #89Samuel4,667
  3. #90Jack4,639
  4. #91Ronnie4,624
  5. #92Henry4,620
  6. #93Jon4,608
  7. #94Harold4,448
Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. 3,171Parrish#4,038#867
  2. 589Brook#1,252#663
  3. 467Osvaldo#1,434#967
  4. 426Shayne#1,152#726
  5. 367Pernell#1,295#928
Fallers
  1. 425Wayde#672#1,097
  2. 380Yancy#923#1,303
  3. 301Jonas#905#1,206
  4. 264Tobin#833#1,097
  5. 253Keenan#748#1,001

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

See the top 100 for 1961