How rare is the name Ronnie?

105,401 people in the United States have the first name Ronnie, about 1 in 2,866. It ranks #532 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

RONNIE

#532

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
105,401
About
1 in 2,866
This common or more
59.6%
Who bears it

Of the 105,401 people named Ronnie, 63.7% reported their origin as White, 23.5% as Black and 6.4% as Hispanic or Latino. 94.9% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ronnie peaked in 1947, when 6,382 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19022025
Peak year
1947
Births that year
6,382
In 2025*
317 ▼95%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 191,119 babies have been given the name since 1902. 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.

Ronnie by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #130. The largest share of babies named Ronnie, 51.4%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1900s#3,15431
1910s#2,500222
1920s#1,737619
1930s#3659,061
1940s#13044,321
1950s#16052,878
1960s#22035,656
1970s#29919,053
1980s#43112,091
1990s#7067,581
2000s#1,1604,520
2010s#1,5423,329
2020s#1,7131,757
Greatest Generation 1901–270.3%
Silent Generation 1928–4515.5%
Baby boom 1946–6451.4%
Generation X 1965–8018.2%
Millennials 1981–968.6%
Generation Z 1997–123.8%
2013 and later2.1%

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 Ronnie is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ronnie has been most common in Kentucky (2.7×), Arkansas (2.7×), and Tennessee (2.5×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.12×).

183,799 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 Ronnie

#530 Spencer · 106,323#531 Tanya · 105,773#533 Charlie · 104,901#534 Joanna · 104,730

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,269 Ronni · 3,296#13,768 Ronie · 870#28,430 Ronne · 316#45,015 Ronnye · 152#45,674 Ronnee · 148#47,514 Ronnae · 137

Also a last name

As a last name, Ronnie ranks #82,347 of 156,621, with 247 people. See Ronnie as a last name

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