How rare is the name Ronin?

6,086 people in the United States have the first name Ronin, about 1 in 49,627. It ranks #3,425 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RONIN

#3,425

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
6,086
About
1 in 49,627
This common or more
82.4%
Who bears it

Of the 6,086 people named Ronin, 52.6% reported their origin as White, 18.9% as Hispanic or Latino and 16.6% as two or more races. 97.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ronin peaked in 2020, when 813 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19982025
Peak year
2020
Births that year
813
In 2025*
617 ▼24%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 10,494 babies have been given the name since 1998. 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.

Ronin by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #896. The largest share of babies named Ronin, 77.7%, were born in 2013 or later.

1990s#15,42875
2000s#2,5951,426
2010s#1,1774,771
2020s#8964,222
Generation Z 1997–1222.3%
2013 and later77.7%

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 Ronin is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ronin has been most common in Nevada (5.7×), Alaska (3.5×), and Arizona (3×), and least common in New Jersey (0.32×).

9,079 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 Ronin

#3,423 Valorie · 6,092#3,424 Ashish · 6,090#3,426 Samia · 6,085#3,427 Mariann · 6,075

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,036 Ronan · 13,407#10,828 Ronen · 1,211#32,550 Romin · 258

Also a last name

As a last name, Ronin ranks #121,931 of 156,621, with 149 people. See Ronin as a last name

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