Ronson — boys' name
349 babies named Ronson in U.S. Social Security records since 1949, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
29% of everyone ever named Ronson was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Ronson in 1989 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ronson
The Social Security Administration has registered 349 babies named Ronson between 1949 and 2017, spanning 69 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Ronson currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ronson performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Ronson shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Hawaii, which accounts for 36 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Ronson in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ronson 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 349 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.
Ronson at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ronson popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1949
- Peak year (1989)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 69 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
349 total births across 69 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1989 with 14 births in a single year.
Ronson by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 101 births that decade — 29% of Ronson's all-time total
Ronson decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 85 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Ronson's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 29% of all-time use.
Ronson by state
Where Ronson concentrates geographically — total births since 1949
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 36 | 10.3% |
36 of 349 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Hawaii 10.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Hawaii accounts for 10.3% 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, 1949–2017 (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.