Rondal — boys' name
1,864 babies named Rondal in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Rondal was born in this single decade.
57 babies were named Rondal in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rondal
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,864 babies named Rondal between 1917 and 2012, spanning 96 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rondal currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 57 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rondal performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 461 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Rondal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 387 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Tennessee and West Virginia. In total, SSA state-level files list Rondal in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rondal 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 1,864 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.
Rondal at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rondal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1917
- Peak year (1947)
- 57
- Annual births at peak — across 96 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
1,864 total births across 96 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 57 births in a single year.
Rondal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 461 births that decade — 25% of Rondal's all-time total
Rondal decade highlights
- Peak decade 461 births
- Runner-up 329 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Rondal's strongest decade
461 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Rondal by state
Where Rondal concentrates geographically — total births since 1917
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Kentucky | | 387 | 20.8% |
| #2 | Tennessee | | 57 | 3.1% |
| #3 | West Virginia | | 44 | 2.4% |
| #4 | Texas | | 20 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Arkansas | | 10 | 0.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 7 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 6 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Indiana | | 5 | 0.3% |
387 of 1,864 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Kentucky 20.8% of nationwide
- Tennessee 3.1% of nationwide
- West Virginia 2.4% of nationwide
- Texas 1.1% of nationwide
- Arkansas 0.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Kentucky accounts for 20.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Rondal appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1917–2012 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.