Ronnie — #993 US boys' name
182,718 babies named Ronnie in U.S. Social Security records since 1903, with the highest year being 1947. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to boys today.
28% of everyone ever named Ronnie was born in this single decade.
6,109 babies were named Ronnie in 1947 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ronnie
The Social Security Administration has registered 182,718 babies named Ronnie between 1903 and 2024, spanning 122 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ronnie currently holds the #993 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1947, when 6,109 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ronnie performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 51,300 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Ronnie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 18,297 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Ronnie in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ronnie 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 182,718 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.
Ronnie at a glance
Top 1,000 boys' namePeak year
Current rank
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Ronnie popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1903
- Peak year (1947)
- 6,109
- Annual births at peak — across 122 years of records
Currently ranks #993 among boys.
182,718 total births across 122 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1947 with 6,109 births in a single year.
Ronnie popularity over time — girls
8,079 total births recorded since 1902 (Ronnie as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Ronnie accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Ronnie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 51,300 births that decade — 28% of Ronnie's all-time total
Ronnie decade highlights
- Peak decade 51,300 births
- Runner-up 42,457 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Ronnie's strongest decade
51,300 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 28% of all-time use.
Ronnie by state
Where Ronnie concentrates geographically — total births since 1903
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 18,297 | 10.0% |
| #2 | California | | 12,604 | 6.9% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 12,523 | 6.9% |
| #4 | Tennessee | | 9,926 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 9,729 | 5.3% |
| #6 | Kentucky | | 8,585 | 4.7% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 7,473 | 4.1% |
| #8 | Virginia | | 6,618 | 3.6% |
18,297 of 182,718 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 10.0% of nationwide
- California 6.9% of nationwide
- North Carolina 6.9% of nationwide
- Tennessee 5.4% of nationwide
- Georgia 5.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 10.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ronnie appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1903–2024 (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.