Girls' name · since 1913
Ronalda
277 babies named Ronalda in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1955. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,608 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 277
- born since 1913
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ronalda sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 277 recorded since 1913.
Ronalda has 277 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 1991.
- #16,608 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 277 born since 1913
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ronalda ranks #16,608 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 277 born since 1913, peaking in the 1950s.
- #16,608 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 277
- born since 1913
- 1950s
- peak decade
Ronalda's 277 recorded births place it above 77.02% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ronalda's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ronalda's full recorded timeline at 1967, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1914, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1955 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ronalda popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–1991
- Peak year (1955)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 79 years of records
Ronalda by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (77 births, 28% of the file).
1950s was Ronalda's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Ronalda births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 20
1910s
20 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s
1950s
77 births
- 1960s
1960s
46 births
- 1970s
1970s
69 births
- 1980s
1980s
47 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 77 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Ronalda's decade-level peak was the 1950s (77 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ronalda: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1955)
Similar record span (~78 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1913–1991 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ronalda draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.