Boys' name · peaked in 1946
Ronnie name popularity since 1925
190,626 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ronnie (4.2% girls, 95.8% boys). Half of them were born in 1958 or earlier, so the typical Ronnie is about 68 years old in 2026. Ronnie peaked in 1946 as the #54 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 190,626
- Named Ronnie, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,067 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 95.8% boys
- 7,911 girls · 182,715 boys
- Most popular in
- Arkansas
- 2.80× its national share
Peak year is the year Ronnie made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Ronnie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1947. Measured as a share of all babies, Ronnie peaked in 1946.
- Fastest rise: Between 1929 and 1934, Ronnie became 7.8× more common.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Ronnie's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ronnie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ronnie in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 130 | 249 | – |
| 1930s | 352 | 8,709 | #164 |
| 1940s | 1,865 | 42,456 | #67 |
| 1950s | 1,576 | 51,302 | #80 |
| 1960s | 936 | 34,720 | #107 |
| 1970s | 782 | 18,271 | #151 |
| 1980s | 527 | 11,564 | #214 |
| 1990s | 533 | 7,048 | #360 |
| 2000s | 306 | 4,214 | #568 |
| 2010s | 392 | 2,937 | #773 |
| 2020–25 | 512 | 1,245 | #1,067 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
51.6% of babies named Ronnie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Ronnie is most popular
The index compares Ronnie's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Ronnie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | 2.80× | 5,343 |
| Kentucky | 2.76× | 8,592 |
| Tennessee | 2.54× | 9,952 |
| North Carolina | 2.39× | 12,617 |
| Oklahoma | 2.35× | 5,703 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Ronnie and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Ronnie (this page) | 182,715 | 1946 |
| Ronny | 14,567 | 1943 |
| Rony | 1,996 | 2009 |
| Ronney | 1,501 | 1955 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ronnie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ronnie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ronnie (1946).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data