first name
RONI
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 5,857 people named Roni, 70.4% reported their origin as White, 16.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 5.8% as Black. 71.5% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Roni peaked in 1955, when 307 babies got the name.
At least 5,529 babies have been given the name since 1939. 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.
Roni by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,686. The largest share of babies named Roni, 28.3%, 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 Roni is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Roni has been most common in New York (4.2×), California (2.8×), and Washington (2.1×), and least common in Illinois (0.64×).
2,059 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.
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2 other first names also have 5,857 people.
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8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Roni, most common first.
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