How rare is the name Ronaldo?

8,530 people in the United States have the first name Ronaldo, about 1 in 35,408. It ranks #2,745 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RONALDO

#2,745

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,530
About
1 in 35,408
This common or more
80.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,530 people named Ronaldo, 63.5% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 17% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 10.8% as White. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ronaldo peaked in 1998, when 359 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1998
Births that year
359
In 2025*
77 ▼79%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 6,043 babies have been given the name since 1914. 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.

Ronaldo by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #1,989. The largest share of babies named Ronaldo, 55.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1910s#9,75211
1920s#9,04330
1930s#6,65848
1940s#5,77577
1950s#4,199179
1960s#4,090225
1970s#4,812236
1980s#5,227269
1990s#2,708976
2000s#1,9892,096
2010s#2,8071,405
2020s#4,054491
Greatest Generation 1901–270.5%
Silent Generation 1928–451.7%
Baby boom 1946–645.6%
Generation X 1965–806.1%
Millennials 1981–967.4%
Generation Z 1997–1255.7%
2013 and later23.1%

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 Ronaldo is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ronaldo has been most common in Texas (3.7×), California (3.4×), and Arizona (2.3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.59×).

3,942 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 Ronaldo

#2,743 Portia · 8,540#2,744 Adalberto · 8,539#2,746 Lenny · 8,511#2,747 Bettye · 8,510

Spelled almost the same

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

#52 Ronald · 689,843#8,545 Romualdo · 1,694#23,091 Romaldo · 427#29,086 Ronalda · 306#30,018 Ronld · 292#31,941 Ronold · 266#34,261 Ronnald · 239#50,487 Romalda · 119

Compare