first name
RONALD
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 689,843 people named Ronald, 80.3% reported their origin as White, 11.3% as Black and 4% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ronald peaked in 1947, when 34,972 babies got the name.
At least 1,086,091 babies have been given the name since 1883. 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.
Ronald by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #15. The largest share of babies named Ronald, 46.5%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Ronald is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ronald has been most common in District of Columbia (1.6×), Iowa (1.5×), and Michigan (1.5×), and least common in Arizona (0.49×).
1,080,993 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 Ronald
Spelled almost the same
5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ronald, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ronald ranks #21,292 of 156,621, with 1,253 people. See Ronald as a last name
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