Boys' name · since 1945
Ronnal
33 babies named Ronnal in U.S. Social Security records since 1945, with the highest year being 1945. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #25,243 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 33
- born since 1945
- 1940s
- peak decade
Ronnal sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 33 recorded since 1945.
Ronnal has 33 recorded births among boys since 1945, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1940s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1945 to 1962.
- #25,243 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 33 born since 1945
- 1940s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ronnal ranks #25,243 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 33 born since 1945, peaking in the 1940s.
- #25,243 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 33
- born since 1945
- 1940s
- peak decade
Ronnal's 33 recorded births place it above 44.37% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ronnal's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ronnal's SSA record in two at 1949 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1948, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1945 peak of 6, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ronnal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1945–1962
- Peak year (1945)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Ronnal by decade
1940s is the heaviest window (22 births, 67% of the file).
1940s was Ronnal's strongest decade.
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 67% of all-time use.
Ronnal births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1940s
1940s
22 births
- 1950s 6
1950s
6 births
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1940s at 22 births (67% of all-time use).
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- Ronnal's decade-level peak was the 1940s (22 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1960s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Ronnal: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1945–1962 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ronnal draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.