Ronaldo — #1938 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ronaldo

The Social Security Administration has registered 5,966 babies named Ronaldo between 1914 and 2024, spanning 111 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ronaldo currently holds the #1938 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 359 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ronaldo performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 2,096 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Ronaldo shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,351 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ronaldo in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ronaldo 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 5,966 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.