Rondel — boys' name
454 babies named Rondel in U.S. Social Security records since 1929, with the highest year being 1958. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
17% of everyone ever named Rondel was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Rondel in 1958 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rondel
The Social Security Administration has registered 454 babies named Rondel between 1929 and 2012, spanning 84 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rondel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rondel performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 76 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Rondel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Rondel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rondel 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 454 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.
Rondel at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Rondel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–1929
- Peak year (1958)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 84 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
454 total births across 84 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1958 with 13 births in a single year.
Rondel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 76 births that decade — 17% of Rondel's all-time total
Rondel decade highlights
- Peak decade 76 births
- Runner-up 70 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Rondel's strongest decade
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
Rondel by state
Where Rondel concentrates geographically — total births since 1929
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.1% |
5 of 454 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 1.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 1.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1929–2012 (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.