Ronel — #7806 US boys' name
545 babies named Ronel in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 45% of names given to boys today.
20% of everyone ever named Ronel was born in this single decade.
16 babies were named Ronel in 1995 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ronel
The Social Security Administration has registered 545 babies named Ronel between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ronel currently holds the #7806 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 16 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ronel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 108 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Ronel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. 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 Ronel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ronel 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 545 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.
Ronel at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ronel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1922
- Peak year (1995)
- 16
- Annual births at peak — across 103 years of records
Currently ranks #7806 among boys.
545 total births across 103 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1995 with 16 births in a single year.
Ronel popularity over time — girls
6 total births recorded since 1964 (Ronel as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ronel accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ronel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 108 births that decade — 20% of Ronel's all-time total
Ronel decade highlights
- Peak decade 108 births
- Runner-up 103 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Ronel's strongest decade
108 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 20% of all-time use.
Ronel by state
Where Ronel concentrates geographically — total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 0.9% |
5 of 545 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 0.9% 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, 1922–2024 (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.