Recorded 1902–2025 · United States
Ronnie was most popular in 1947, when 6,382 American babies were given the name — ranking #110 that year. In 2025 it ranked #1,626, with 317 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 191,119 people named Ronnie.
Ronnie first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1902, which makes it about 123 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 119 of the 124 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 191,119 American births named Ronnie between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 135,282 are estimated to be alive today.
317 American babies were named Ronnie in 2025, ranking #1,626 that year.
Ronnie is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 299 births a year, against 354 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -16% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Ronnie is a boy’s name — 4.3% of the 191,119 Americans given it were girls and 95.7% were boys. It changed hands: since 1927 it has gone mainly to boys, having gone mainly to girls before that. In births since 2016 it is 24% girls and 76% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 135,282 Americans named Ronnie are alive today — 71% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 65 years old, and half are between 50 and 73.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Norse · diminutive of Ronald
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org