Ronny

Where Ronny comes from

Shortening of Ronald + -y. A less common spelling of Ronnie.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ronny
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1927
    First appearance
    #4,210 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1938
    Ronny Cox born
    American actor and musician
  3. 1943
    Peak, #322
    358 babies named Ronny — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1969
    Ronny Johnsen born
    Norwegian association football player
  5. 1969
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #598.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the male given name Ronald.
Namesakes
  • Ronny Cox · American actor and musician, born 1938
  • Ronny Johnsen · Norwegian association football player, born 1969
  • Ronny Turiaf · French basketball player, born 1983
  • Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo · Brazilian association football player, born 1986
  • Ronny Rosenthal · Israeli footballer, born 1963

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.