Meaning not yet researched.
Ronald: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 438 in 2025. Its best rank was #9 in 1943.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #9 in 1943; #638 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Ronald in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#638 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1943, at #9.
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Ronald: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 438 boys in 2025. Peak: #9 in 1943 · most boys in one year: 34,899 (1947).
In 2025, 438 US boys were named Ronald, making it the 638th most common boys’ name of the year, down 63 places from #575 in 2024. That is 59 fewer than the 497 boys named Ronald in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #9, reached in 1943. The most boys given the name in a single year was 34,899, in 1947. For comparison, it was #435 in 2015 and #12 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Ronald in 142 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1883 with 6 babies. In all, 1,086,091 US babies have been given the name, 0.4% of them girls and 99.6% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1940s, with 283,190 babies named Ronald.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 5,449 US boys were named Ronald; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 728. In 2025 that was about 1 in 3,900 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Ronald ranked highest in New Jersey in 2025, at #394 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Ronnie (191,119 babies since 1880), Ron (36,432 babies since 1880), Ronny (15,045 babies since 1880) and Ronaldo (6,043 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Ronold, Ronnald and Romuald are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Naldo, Ron, Ronnie and Ronny.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Ronold (865), Ronnald (723), Romuald (149), Ranald (111).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 25 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | 21 | #394 | #364 |
| Idaho | 6 | #425 | — |
| Maryland | 12 | #431 | #308 |
| Michigan | 20 | #439 | #386 |
| Louisiana | 11 | #445 | #262 |
| Pennsylvania | 22 | #474 | #281 |
| Colorado | 12 | #495 | #543 |
| Florida | 36 | #505 | #358 |
| Ohio | 20 | #532 | #305 |
| Missouri | 11 | #548 | #322 |
| Alabama | 9 | #561 | #363 |
| Georgia | 19 | #562 | #453 |
| Arizona | 12 | #591 | #454 |
| Massachusetts | 8 | #609 | #805 |
| Indiana | 10 | #659 | #367 |
| North Carolina | 14 | #674 | #404 |
| New York | 22 | #684 | #340 |
| California | 40 | #697 | #600 |
| Illinois | 13 | #701 | #386 |
| South Carolina | 6 | #723 | #393 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #768 | #590 |
| Oklahoma | 5 | #784 | #796 |
| Washington | 7 | #878 | #922 |
| Texas | 28 | #910 | #692 |
| Virginia | 7 | #945 | #344 |
| Tennessee | 6 | #1,021 | #546 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 438 | #638 |
| 2024 | — | — | 497 | #575 |
| 2023 | — | — | 457 | #613 |
| 2022 | — | — | 532 | #559 |
| 2021 | — | — | 505 | #562 |
| 2020 | — | — | 503 | #559 |
| 2019 | — | — | 541 | #527 |
| 2018 | — | — | 588 | #491 |
| 2017 | — | — | 660 | #462 |
| 2016 | — | — | 728 | #429 |
| 2015 | — | — | 704 | #435 |
| 2014 | — | — | 791 | #394 |
| 2013 | — | — | 745 | #402 |
| 2012 | — | — | 797 | #378 |
| 2011 | — | — | 889 | #342 |
| 2010 | — | — | 913 | #343 |
| 2009 | — | — | 926 | #341 |
| 2008 | — | — | 1,089 | #307 |
| 2007 | — | — | 1,175 | #293 |
| 2006 | — | — | 1,374 | #249 |
| 2005 | — | — | 1,302 | #255 |
| 2004 | — | — | 1,450 | #232 |
| 2003 | — | — | 1,406 | #237 |
| 2002 | — | — | 1,521 | #227 |
| 2001 | — | — | 1,652 | #212 |
| 2000 | — | — | 1,750 | #203 |
| 1999 | 5 | #16,335 | 1,872 | #186 |
| 1998 | — | — | 1,847 | #182 |
| 1997 | — | — | 2,096 | #164 |
| 1996 | — | — | 2,229 | #156 |
| 1995 | — | — | 2,400 | #146 |
| 1994 | 6 | #13,046 | 2,564 | #137 |
| 1993 | 9 | #9,351 | 2,882 | #122 |
| 1992 | 12 | #7,412 | 3,222 | #112 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,451 | 3,670 | #101 |
| 1990 | 15 | #6,066 | 3,899 | #97 |
| 1989 | 20 | #4,637 | 4,110 | #85 |
| 1988 | 38 | #2,784 | 4,173 | #79 |
| 1987 | 30 | #3,147 | 4,153 | #73 |
| 1986 | 44 | #2,329 | 4,224 | #75 |
| 1985 | 33 | #2,845 | 4,299 | #71 |
| 1984 | 46 | #2,179 | 4,507 | #67 |
| 1983 | 38 | #2,466 | 4,702 | #64 |
| 1982 | 44 | #2,277 | 5,207 | #60 |
| 1981 | 42 | #2,365 | 5,538 | #59 |
| 1980 | 40 | #2,426 | 5,757 | #58 |
| 1979 | 49 | #2,077 | 5,694 | #54 |
| 1978 | 37 | #2,423 | 5,758 | #55 |
| 1977 | 62 | #1,691 | 6,026 | #53 |
| 1976 | 47 | #1,930 | 6,457 | #49 |
| 1975 | 58 | #1,669 | 7,064 | #46 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,767 | 7,667 | #42 |
| 1973 | 70 | #1,413 | 8,327 | #40 |
| 1972 | 68 | #1,444 | 9,502 | #32 |
| 1971 | 78 | #1,374 | 11,617 | #31 |
| 1970 | 78 | #1,349 | 13,618 | #29 |
| 1969 | 91 | #1,175 | 14,618 | #29 |
| 1968 | 85 | #1,175 | 15,415 | #25 |
| 1967 | 100 | #1,034 | 16,443 | #24 |
| 1966 | 87 | #1,141 | 16,952 | #24 |
| 1965 | 69 | #1,319 | 17,619 | #24 |
| 1964 | 80 | #1,237 | 18,844 | #24 |
| 1963 | 70 | #1,328 | 19,780 | #23 |
| 1962 | 60 | #1,441 | 19,963 | #25 |
| 1961 | 76 | #1,278 | 20,842 | #24 |
| 1960 | 82 | #1,210 | 21,714 | #21 |
| 1959 | 89 | #1,134 | 23,114 | #21 |
| 1958 | 65 | #1,317 | 24,824 | #19 |
| 1957 | 92 | #1,094 | 27,209 | #17 |
| 1956 | 61 | #1,336 | 27,725 | #15 |
| 1955 | 70 | #1,206 | 26,172 | #18 |
| 1954 | 70 | #1,204 | 27,625 | #15 |
| 1953 | 62 | #1,238 | 27,713 | #15 |
| 1952 | 72 | #1,116 | 27,800 | #15 |
| 1951 | 66 | #1,158 | 29,049 | #12 |
| 1950 | 68 | #1,121 | 29,908 | #12 |
| 1949 | 84 | #978 | 31,502 | #11 |
| 1948 | 71 | #1,054 | 33,527 | #10 |
| 1947 | 73 | #1,046 | 34,899 | #11 |
| 1946 | 94 | #856 | 31,858 | #10 |
| 1945 | 55 | #1,058 | 23,665 | #10 |
| 1944 | 61 | #1,002 | 25,513 | #10 |
| 1943 | 73 | #913 | 29,239 | #9 |
| 1942 | 78 | #885 | 27,138 | #9 |
| 1941 | 54 | #1,001 | 24,407 | #9 |
| 1940 | 58 | #952 | 20,741 | #10 |
| 1939 | 54 | #973 | 19,837 | #10 |
| 1938 | 64 | #887 | 20,295 | #10 |
| 1937 | 56 | #928 | 18,141 | #11 |
| 1936 | 46 | #1,034 | 16,917 | #12 |
| 1935 | 51 | #972 | 15,489 | #12 |
| 1934 | 58 | #903 | 14,088 | #11 |
| 1933 | 33 | #1,259 | 12,061 | #12 |
| 1932 | 43 | #1,094 | 11,143 | #16 |
| 1931 | 39 | #1,161 | 6,726 | #27 |
| 1930 | 38 | #1,230 | 5,635 | #37 |
| 1929 | 27 | #1,519 | 4,479 | #45 |
| 1928 | 23 | #1,771 | 3,969 | #50 |
| 1927 | 19 | #2,085 | 3,115 | #63 |
| 1926 | 15 | #2,450 | 2,283 | #88 |
| 1925 | 11 | #3,086 | 1,674 | #104 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,754 | 1,360 | #130 |
| 1923 | 11 | #3,085 | 1,148 | #142 |
| 1922 | — | — | 1,042 | #147 |
| 1921 | — | — | 992 | #154 |
| 1920 | — | — | 832 | #168 |
| 1919 | 5 | #5,433 | 784 | #171 |
| 1918 | — | — | 751 | #176 |
| 1917 | — | — | 766 | #165 |
| 1916 | — | — | 723 | #167 |
| 1915 | — | — | 763 | #155 |
| 1914 | — | — | 541 | #163 |
| 1913 | — | — | 417 | #167 |
| 1912 | — | — | 302 | #191 |
| 1911 | — | — | 136 | #218 |
| 1910 | — | — | 118 | #215 |
| 1909 | — | — | 93 | #225 |
| 1908 | — | — | 75 | #247 |
| 1907 | — | — | 88 | #218 |
| 1906 | — | — | 76 | #226 |
| 1905 | — | — | 51 | #279 |
| 1904 | — | — | 50 | #271 |
| 1903 | — | — | 52 | #254 |
| 1902 | — | — | 49 | #271 |
| 1901 | — | — | 42 | #266 |
| 1900 | — | — | 40 | #348 |
| 1899 | — | — | 27 | #352 |
| 1898 | — | — | 26 | #388 |
| 1897 | — | — | 34 | #319 |
| 1896 | — | — | 23 | #416 |
| 1895 | — | — | 25 | #389 |
| 1894 | — | — | 21 | #415 |
| 1893 | — | — | 8 | #818 |
| 1892 | — | — | 17 | #493 |
| 1891 | — | — | 8 | #755 |
| 1890 | — | — | 20 | #411 |
| 1889 | — | — | 10 | #663 |
| 1888 | — | — | 15 | #521 |
| 1887 | — | — | 8 | #735 |
| 1886 | — | — | 13 | #534 |
| 1884 | — | — | 11 | #601 |
| 1883 | — | — | 6 | #868 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).