How rare is the name Ronan?

13,407 people in the United States have the first name Ronan, about 1 in 22,528. It ranks #2,036 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RONAN

#2,036

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
13,407
About
1 in 22,528
This common or more
78.2%
Who bears it

Of the 13,407 people named Ronan, 75.6% reported their origin as White, 9.8% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.4% as two or more races. 98.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ronan peaked in 2025, when 1,428 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19592025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
1,428
In 2025*
1,428
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 20,938 babies have been given the name since 1959. 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.

Ronan by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #506. The largest share of babies named Ronan, 73.4%, were born in 2013 or later.

1950s#13,00310
1960s#9,24247
1970s#14,41332
1980s#11,17584
1990s#5,766322
2000s#1,4153,363
2010s#7139,210
2020s#5067,870
Baby boom 1946–640.2%
Generation X 1965–800.3%
Millennials 1981–960.8%
Generation Z 1997–1225.3%
2013 and later73.4%

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 Ronan is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ronan has been most common in Alaska (3.1×), Washington (2.8×), and Oregon (2.6×), and least common in Louisiana (0.29×).

19,454 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 Ronan

#2,034 Kane · 13,411#2,035 Fannie · 13,408#2,037 Thea · 13,402#2,038 Belen · 13,397

Spelled almost the same

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

#665 Roman · 79,669#3,425 Ronin · 6,086#10,828 Ronen · 1,211

Also a last name

As a last name, Ronan ranks #8,990 of 156,621, with 3,492 people. See Ronan as a last name

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