Roni
Roni is given to both girls and boys: 18 girls and 11 boys were given it in 2025 (#6,502 among girls’ names and #7,569 among boys’, #8,208 among all names counting both); 5,529 Americans have been recorded with it since 1939 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,960 Americans named Roni and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 48 years old and half are between 29 and 62.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Roni by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Roni mean?
Wiktionary, Finnish section
Roni is “a male given name”
20th century rendering of English Ronnie. It can also be explained as a short form of the Latin (ultimately Ancient Greek) saint’s name Hieronymus and of biblical Aaron.
/ˈroni/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Finnish section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Roni?
#6,502 among girls’ names, 2025
Roni fell from #5,425 in 2015 to #6,502 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 14.0 to 11.2 per million.
307 babies in 1955, the peak
Roni peaked in 1955, when 307 babies were given it (295 girls, #535 among girls’ names). The 29 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 9% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 18 | #6,502 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 2024 | 16 | #7,190 | 18 | #5,396 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,876 | 8 | #9,573 |
| 2022 | 20 | #6,166 | 14 | #6,400 |
| 2021 | 11 | #9,425 | 13 | #6,597 |
| 2020 | 23 | #5,454 | 8 | #9,382 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,645 | 11 | #7,534 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,113 | 11 | #7,514 |
| 2017 | 27 | #5,026 | 11 | #7,448 |
| 2016 | 29 | #4,821 | 19 | #5,093 |
Every recorded year (87)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 25 | #5,425 | 6 | #11,812 |
| 2014 | 28 | #5,001 | 8 | #9,449 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,671 | 9 | #8,625 |
| 2012 | 19 | #6,821 | 14 | #6,240 |
| 2011 | 28 | #5,030 | 14 | #6,182 |
| 2010 | 22 | #6,145 | 20 | #4,804 |
| 2009 | 28 | #5,196 | 31 | #3,530 |
| 2008 | 27 | #5,401 | 34 | #3,330 |
| 2007 | 31 | #4,783 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,143 | 37 | #3,015 |
| 2005 | 30 | #4,558 | 37 | #2,884 |
| 2004 | 28 | #4,792 | 31 | #3,201 |
| 2003 | 28 | #4,635 | 28 | #3,346 |
| 2002 | 38 | #3,580 | 11 | #6,430 |
| 2001 | 24 | #4,966 | 19 | #4,257 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,958 | 12 | #5,832 |
| 1999 | 32 | #3,779 | 16 | #4,494 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,718 | 16 | #4,368 |
| 1997 | 40 | #3,019 | 12 | #5,204 |
| 1996 | 47 | #2,661 | 12 | #5,118 |
| 1995 | 44 | #2,773 | 5 | #10,006 |
| 1994 | 51 | #2,491 | 7 | #7,594 |
| 1993 | 49 | #2,560 | under 5 | |
| 1992 | 64 | #2,120 | 12 | #4,799 |
| 1991 | 45 | #2,684 | 11 | #5,021 |
| 1990 | 48 | #2,508 | 16 | #3,739 |
| 1989 | 58 | #2,132 | 12 | #4,471 |
| 1988 | 70 | #1,797 | 9 | #5,132 |
| 1987 | 50 | #2,185 | 7 | #5,968 |
| 1986 | 54 | #2,018 | 9 | #4,766 |
| 1985 | 58 | #1,921 | under 5 | |
| 1984 | 51 | #2,013 | 10 | #4,148 |
| 1983 | 72 | #1,564 | 8 | #4,832 |
| 1982 | 60 | #1,817 | 5 | #7,159 |
| 1981 | 72 | #1,630 | 11 | #3,806 |
| 1980 | 69 | #1,670 | 11 | #3,798 |
| 1979 | 69 | #1,639 | 12 | #3,525 |
| 1978 | 79 | #1,459 | 10 | #3,800 |
| 1977 | 83 | #1,366 | 13 | #3,162 |
| 1976 | 82 | #1,327 | 5 | #6,305 |
| 1975 | 61 | #1,620 | 7 | #4,686 |
| 1974 | 70 | #1,444 | 7 | #4,545 |
| 1973 | 55 | #1,661 | 7 | #4,411 |
| 1972 | 76 | #1,334 | under 5 | |
| 1971 | 91 | #1,236 | under 5 | |
| 1970 | 77 | #1,366 | 7 | #4,159 |
| 1969 | 93 | #1,159 | under 5 | |
| 1968 | 124 | #932 | under 5 | |
| 1967 | 210 | #666 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1966 | 109 | #984 | under 5 | |
| 1965 | 68 | #1,335 | 8 | #3,195 |
| 1964 | 89 | #1,171 | under 5 | |
| 1963 | 79 | #1,237 | 8 | #3,273 |
| 1962 | 60 | #1,442 | 5 | #4,522 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,511 | 8 | #3,308 |
| 1960 | 79 | #1,234 | 6 | #3,979 |
| 1959 | 80 | #1,199 | under 5 | |
| 1958 | 89 | #1,127 | 7 | #3,517 |
| 1957 | 94 | #1,080 | 7 | #3,504 |
| 1956 | 134 | #864 | 5 | #4,371 |
| 1955 | 295 | #535 | 12 | #2,411 |
| 1954 | 70 | #1,204 | under 5 | |
| 1953 | 49 | #1,404 | under 5 | |
| 1952 | 41 | #1,519 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 1951 | 53 | #1,289 | 5 | #4,150 |
| 1950 | 43 | #1,403 | under 5 | |
| 1949 | 49 | #1,318 | under 5 | |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,454 | under 5 | |
| 1947 | 52 | #1,265 | under 5 | |
| 1946 | 43 | #1,332 | under 5 | |
| 1945 | 34 | #1,394 | under 5 | |
| 1944 | 21 | #1,904 | under 5 | |
| 1943 | 36 | #1,388 | under 5 | |
| 1942 | 25 | #1,697 | under 5 | |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,642 | under 5 | |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,905 | under 5 | |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,720 | under 5 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Roni a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 5,529 Americans recorded as Roni, 85% are girls and 15% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Roni: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Roni, and how old are they?
4,960 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 5,529 Americans ever recorded as Roni. The median Roni alive today is 48 years old; half are between 29 and 62.
The 2020 Census counted 5,857 people named Roni (4,186 women and girls, 1,671 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 4,968 born in the U.S. The Census count is 18% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 72 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,230 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 1,390 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 995 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 858 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 413 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Roni born?
The states with the most babies named Roni are New York, California and Pennsylvania, with 69% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 667 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| California | 592 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Pennsylvania | 160 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Ohio | 136 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Texas | 111 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Washington | 69 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Illinois | 66 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 56 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| New Jersey | 25 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Florida | 24 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Roni is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Roni is most over-represented in New York: since 1939 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Roni with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 22,688 babies since 1880, Roni is the most given (24% of them). In 2025 it was given to 29 of their 88 babies (33%), the second most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
More about Roni and names like it
- Compare Roni and RonaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sRoni peaked in 1955.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Roni since 1910.
- Finnish namesWiktionary’s origin for Roni: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1955The year the most babies were named Roni.
- The names of Generation XMost people named Roni alive today were born 1965-1980.
- Names starting with RMost given first.