Ronelle — unisex name
588 babies named Ronelle in U.S. Social Security records since 1941, with the highest year being 1967. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
25% of everyone ever named Ronelle was born in this single decade.
24 babies were named Ronelle in 1967 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ronelle
The Social Security Administration has registered 588 babies named Ronelle between 1941 and 2009, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ronelle currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1967, when 24 babies received it in a single year. Ronelle is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 69 additional births since 1975.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ronelle performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 147 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ronelle shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ronelle in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ronelle 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 588 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.
Ronelle at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ronelle popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1941
- Peak year (1967)
- 24
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
588 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1967 with 24 births in a single year.
Ronelle popularity over time — boys
69 total births recorded since 1975 (Ronelle as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Ronelle accounts for 11% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ronelle by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 147 births that decade — 25% of Ronelle's all-time total
Ronelle decade highlights
- Peak decade 147 births
- Runner-up 133 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Ronelle's strongest decade
147 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 25% of all-time use.
Ronelle by state
Where Ronelle concentrates geographically — total births since 1941
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 1.7% |
10 of 588 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.7% 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, 1941–2009 (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.