How rare is the name Ronny?

11,285 people in the United States have the first name Ronny, about 1 in 26,764. It ranks #2,294 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

RONNY

#2,294

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
11,285
About
1 in 26,764
This common or more
79.3%
Who bears it

Of the 11,285 people named Ronny, 53.7% reported their origin as White, 28% as Hispanic or Latino and 10.5% as Black. 95.8% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Ronny peaked in 1947, when 438 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19272025
Peak year
1947
Births that year
438
In 2025*
34 ▼92%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 15,045 babies have been given the name since 1927. 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.

Ronny by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1940s, when it ranked #782. The largest share of babies named Ronny, 42.3%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1920s#9,63524
1930s#1,370830
1940s#7823,062
1950s#9023,283
1960s#1,0672,660
1970s#1,5831,435
1980s#2,1041,060
1990s#2,813928
2000s#3,720855
2010s#4,839623
2020s#5,821285
Greatest Generation 1901–270%
Silent Generation 1928–4515.8%
Baby boom 1946–6442.3%
Generation X 1965–8017.6%
Millennials 1981–9610.9%
Generation Z 1997–128.9%
2013 and later4.4%

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 Ronny is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ronny has been most common in Arkansas (3.4×), Texas (3.3×), and Oklahoma (2.9×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.07×).

10,613 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.

Exactly as common as Ronny

1 other first name also has 11,285 people.

#2,294 Amit · 11,285

Either side of Ronny

#2,293 Barb · 11,289#2,294 Amit · 11,285#2,296 Carlene · 11,283#2,297 Trinidad · 11,227

Spelled almost the same

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

#3,579 Rony · 5,739#4,558 Ronna · 4,038#5,269 Ronni · 3,296#10,877 Ronney · 1,204#13,083 Roney · 933#15,522 Ronn · 740#28,430 Ronne · 316#45,015 Ronnye · 152

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