Ronold — boys' name
865 babies named Ronold in U.S. Social Security records since 1927, with the highest year being 1950. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Ronold was born in this single decade.
35 babies were named Ronold in 1950 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ronold
The Social Security Administration has registered 865 babies named Ronold between 1927 and 1975, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ronold currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1975. The name reached its historical peak in 1950, when 35 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ronold performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 260 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ronold shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ronold in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ronold 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 865 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.
Ronold at a glance
Last recorded 1975Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ronold popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–1927
- Peak year (1950)
- 35
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1975.
865 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1950 with 35 births in a single year.
Ronold by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1940s
- 260 births that decade — 30% of Ronold's all-time total
Ronold decade highlights
- Peak decade 260 births
- Runner-up 239 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1940s was Ronold's strongest decade
260 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Ronold by state
Where Ronold concentrates geographically — total births since 1927
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Illinois | | 5 | 0.6% |
5 of 865 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Illinois 0.6% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Illinois accounts for 0.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1927–1975 (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.