Ronnie
Ronnie is given to both girls and boys: 113 girls and 204 boys were given it in 2025 (#1,792 among girls’ names and #1,067 among boys’, #1,628 among all names counting both); 191,119 Americans have been recorded with it since 1902 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 131,000 Americans named Ronnie and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (69% of everyone recorded); the median is 64 years old and half are between 50 and 73.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Ronnie by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Ronnie mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Ronnie is “a diminutive of the male given name Ronald.”
Also “a diminutive of the female given name Veronica.”
Shortening of Ronald or Veronica + -ie.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Ronnie?
#1,067 among boys’ names, 2025
Ronnie fell from #773 in 2015 to #1,067 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.16 to 0.12 per 1,000.
6,382 babies in 1947, the peak
Ronnie peaked in 1947, when 6,382 babies were given it (6,110 boys, #61 among boys’ names). The 317 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 5% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 204 | #1,067 | 0.12 |
| 2024 | 226 | #995 | 0.13 |
| 2023 | 194 | #1,102 | 0.11 |
| 2022 | 211 | #1,048 | 0.12 |
| 2021 | 222 | #990 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 188 | #1,067 | 0.11 |
| 2019 | 243 | #907 | 0.14 |
| 2018 | 249 | #880 | 0.14 |
| 2017 | 241 | #894 | 0.13 |
| 2016 | 259 | #868 | 0.14 |
Every recorded year (117)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 308 | #773 | 0.16 |
| 2014 | 314 | #753 | 0.16 |
| 2013 | 315 | #740 | 0.17 |
| 2012 | 331 | #716 | 0.17 |
| 2011 | 321 | #714 | 0.17 |
| 2010 | 356 | #672 | 0.19 |
| 2009 | 368 | #667 | 0.19 |
| 2008 | 402 | #617 | 0.20 |
| 2007 | 383 | #634 | 0.18 |
| 2006 | 443 | #568 | 0.22 |
| 2005 | 412 | #568 | 0.21 |
| 2004 | 438 | #540 | 0.22 |
| 2003 | 419 | #544 | 0.21 |
| 2002 | 401 | #552 | 0.21 |
| 2001 | 460 | #498 | 0.24 |
| 2000 | 488 | #482 | 0.25 |
| 1999 | 486 | #469 | 0.25 |
| 1998 | 524 | #438 | 0.27 |
| 1997 | 549 | #420 | 0.29 |
| 1996 | 601 | #392 | 0.32 |
| 1995 | 668 | #360 | 0.35 |
| 1994 | 667 | #361 | 0.35 |
| 1993 | 758 | #334 | 0.39 |
| 1992 | 861 | #309 | 0.43 |
| 1991 | 909 | #286 | 0.45 |
| 1990 | 1,025 | #262 | 0.50 |
| 1989 | 973 | #261 | 0.49 |
| 1988 | 1,014 | #238 | 0.53 |
| 1987 | 1,039 | #227 | 0.56 |
| 1986 | 1,062 | #222 | 0.58 |
| 1985 | 1,128 | #214 | 0.61 |
| 1984 | 1,104 | #209 | 0.61 |
| 1983 | 1,191 | #200 | 0.66 |
| 1982 | 1,272 | #196 | 0.70 |
| 1981 | 1,370 | #181 | 0.76 |
| 1980 | 1,411 | #173 | 0.79 |
| 1979 | 1,520 | #163 | 0.88 |
| 1978 | 1,475 | #163 | 0.90 |
| 1977 | 1,546 | #156 | 0.94 |
| 1976 | 1,596 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1975 | 1,631 | #151 | 1.0 |
| 1974 | 1,789 | #141 | 1.1 |
| 1973 | 1,895 | #136 | 1.2 |
| 1972 | 2,003 | #133 | 1.2 |
| 1971 | 2,300 | #135 | 1.3 |
| 1970 | 2,516 | #133 | 1.4 |
| 1969 | 2,413 | #127 | 1.3 |
| 1968 | 2,602 | #115 | 1.5 |
| 1967 | 2,707 | #114 | 1.6 |
| 1966 | 2,907 | #108 | 1.6 |
| 1965 | 3,146 | #107 | 1.7 |
| 1964 | 3,517 | #104 | 1.8 |
| 1963 | 3,819 | #101 | 1.9 |
| 1962 | 4,113 | #100 | 2.0 |
| 1961 | 4,624 | #91 | 2.2 |
| 1960 | 4,872 | #87 | 2.3 |
| 1959 | 5,474 | #77 | 2.6 |
| 1958 | 5,860 | #66 | 2.8 |
| 1957 | 5,778 | #73 | 2.7 |
| 1956 | 5,491 | #75 | 2.6 |
| 1955 | 4,969 | #80 | 2.4 |
| 1954 | 4,978 | #78 | 2.4 |
| 1953 | 4,970 | #79 | 2.5 |
| 1952 | 4,636 | #82 | 2.4 |
| 1951 | 4,530 | #82 | 2.4 |
| 1950 | 4,616 | #76 | 2.6 |
| 1949 | 5,235 | #65 | 3.0 |
| 1948 | 5,902 | #59 | 3.4 |
| 1947 | 6,110 | #61 | 3.3 |
| 1946 | 5,727 | #54 | 3.5 |
| 1945 | 3,651 | #67 | 2.7 |
| 1944 | 3,739 | #69 | 2.7 |
| 1943 | 3,826 | #71 | 2.7 |
| 1942 | 3,363 | #78 | 2.4 |
| 1941 | 2,848 | #79 | 2.3 |
| 1940 | 2,055 | #101 | 1.8 |
| 1939 | 1,826 | #109 | 1.6 |
| 1938 | 1,640 | #113 | 1.5 |
| 1937 | 1,287 | #128 | 1.2 |
| 1936 | 1,056 | #147 | 1.0 |
| 1935 | 864 | #164 | 0.83 |
| 1934 | 759 | #179 | 0.74 |
| 1933 | 514 | #228 | 0.52 |
| 1932 | 430 | #263 | 0.41 |
| 1931 | 192 | #406 | 0.18 |
| 1930 | 141 | #504 | 0.13 |
| 1929 | 101 | #604 | 0.09 |
| 1928 | 64 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 39 | #1,157 | 0.03 |
| 1926 | 27 | #1,428 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 18 | #1,923 | 0.02 |
| 1924 | 23 | #1,669 | 0.02 |
| 1923 | 21 | #1,743 | 0.02 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,582 | 0.02 |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,772 | 0.01 |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,681 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 17 | #1,956 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 10 | #2,848 | 0.01 |
| 1917 | 16 | #1,969 | 0.02 |
| 1916 | 10 | #2,699 | 0.01 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,586 | 0.01 |
| 1914 | 13 | #1,847 | 0.02 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,744 | 0.01 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,024 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,179 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 5 | #1,556 | 0.03 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,276 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Ronnie a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 191,119 Americans recorded as Ronnie, 4% are girls and 96% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Ronnie: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Ronnie, and how old are they?
131,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 69% of the 191,119 Americans ever recorded as Ronnie. The median Ronnie alive today is 64 years old; half are between 50 and 73.
The 2020 Census counted 105,401 people named Ronnie (5,396 women and girls, 100,005 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 144,678 born in the U.S. The Census count is 27% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 9,250 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 64,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 30,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 15,700 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 7,190 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 3,960 |
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 Ronnie born?
The states with the most babies named Ronnie are Texas, California and North Carolina, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 18,662 | #971 | 1.5× |
| California | 13,224 | #1,115 | 0.8× |
| North Carolina | 12,627 | #1,011 | 2.3× |
| Tennessee | 9,952 | not ranked | 2.3× |
| Georgia | 9,814 | #974 | 1.9× |
| Kentucky | 8,592 | #615 | 2.3× |
| Ohio | 7,599 | #706 | 0.8× |
| Virginia | 6,644 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Alabama | 6,621 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| Florida | 6,615 | #1,114 | 1.3× |
Where Ronnie is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Ronnie is most over-represented in Tennessee: since 1910 it was given 2.3 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 boys’ 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 Ronnie 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 6 names spelled alike, given to 208,273 babies since 1880, Ronnie is the most given (92% of them). In 2025 it was given to 317 of their 372 babies (85%), again the most given.
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.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Ronnie
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Ronnie and names like it
- Compare Ronnie and RonnyBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1940sRonnie peaked in 1947.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Ronnie since 1910.
- The top names of 1947The year the most babies were named Ronnie.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Ronnie alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with RMost given first.