Ronald Boys

The U.S. popularity history of Ronald: every year it appeared on the national list since 1883, with 1,082,247 recorded births in total. All figures come from official Social Security card application data.

Total recorded births

1,082,247

Peak year

1947 #11

Years on the list

142

10-year trend

-19.6%

In the 1940s · Most used in NY in {year}

Popularity history

1883–2025

Year	Births	Rank
2011	889	#342
2012	797	#378
2013	745	#402
2014	791	#394
2015	704	#435
2016	728	#429
2017	660	#462
2018	588	#491
2019	541	#527
2020	503	#559
2021	505	#562
2022	532	#559
2023	457	#613
2024	497	#575
2025	438	#638

Most recent years shown. The full curve above covers every year the name appeared.

Where {name} was most used in 1947

2,881

2,706

2,501

2,205

2,189

1,801

Names from the same era

James · 1947 John · 1947 Robert · 1947 William · 1947 Charles · 1947 Larry · 1947 Jerry · 1947 Willie · 1947 Roy · 1947 Wayne · 1947

Names similar to Ronald

Ronaldo Boys Ronnald Boys Ronalda Girls Ronal Boys Ronaldino Boys Rona Girls Ronalee Girls Ronalyn Girls Ronaldinho Boys Rhonald Boys Rondald Boys Ronalie Girls

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