Ronin — #493 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Ronin

The Social Security Administration has registered 9,670 babies named Ronin between 1998 and 2024, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ronin currently holds the #493 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 790 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ronin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 4,674 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Ronin shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 1,416 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Ronin in 45 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ronin 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 9,670 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.