How rare is the name Ron?

74,027 people in the United States have the first name Ron, about 1 in 4,080. It ranks #697 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RON

#697

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
74,027
About
1 in 4,080
This common or more
64.4%
Who bears it

Of the 74,027 people named Ron, 79.7% reported their origin as White, 8.7% as Black and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ron peaked in 1960, when 1,888 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19192025
Peak year
1960
Births that year
1,888
In 2025*
24 ▼99%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 36,432 babies have been given the name since 1919. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Ron by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #442. The largest share of babies named Ron, 52.7%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1910s#10,9266
1920s#8,53936
1930s#1,388810
1940s#5615,568
1950s#5617,785
1960s#44213,141
1970s#8374,289
1980s#1,4322,013
1990s#2,2451,319
2000s#3,970779
2010s#5,703494
2020s#7,572192
Greatest Generation 1901–270.1%
Silent Generation 1928–459.2%
Baby boom 1946–6452.7%
Generation X 1965–8025.7%
Millennials 1981–967.4%
Generation Z 1997–123.5%
2013 and later1.4%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Ron is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ron has been most common in Oregon (3.5×), Washington (3.3×), and Idaho (2.5×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.14×).

32,802 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Ron

#695 Liliana · 74,435#696 Isabelle · 74,125#698 Gustavo · 73,690#699 Candace · 73,527

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ron, most common first.

#3,527 Roni · 5,857#3,579 Rony · 5,739#3,760 Rona · 5,294#6,532 Roan · 2,448#15,335 Roen · 752#15,522 Ronn · 740#19,703 Rom · 533#22,704 Rohn · 436

Also a last name

As a last name, Ron ranks #20,949 of 156,621, with 1,276 people. See Ron as a last name

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