Ronald — #575 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ronald

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,081,788 babies named Ronald between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ronald currently holds the #575 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 34,900 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ronald performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 282,478 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Ronald shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 84,729 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Pennsylvania. In total, SSA state-level files list Ronald in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ronald in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,081,788 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.