How Many People Are Named Ron?

27,388

people named Ron are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 12,479 people in the US has this name

Based on 36,432 babies named Ron in Social Security records from 1919 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,346

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#570

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Peak Year

1960

1,888 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.2%
Male
99.8%

Almost all of the babies given the name Ron (99.8%) were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Ron alive today is about 58 years old, and 58% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 53 and 67 in 2025.

Under 30 1,885
6.9%
30 to 59 9,679
35.3%
60 and over 15,824
57.8%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Ron first appears in the records in 1919 and was given most often in 1960, to 1,888 babies. In 2025, 24 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1919 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Ron has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #166, in 1959. In 2025 it ranked #4,360.

Boys
Rank in 2025#4,360
Best rank#166 (1959)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#208 in the 1960s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Ron alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Ron were born in California than in any other state: about 5,046 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ron was given 3.5 times as often in Oregon, 3.5 times in Washington and 2.7 times in Idaho.

California 5,046
Michigan 1,597
Ohio 1,481
Illinois 1,381
Texas 1,188
New York 1,159
Washington 1,147
Louisiana 829
Indiana 771
Pennsylvania 727
Oregon 696
Florida 648
Missouri 637
Colorado 477
Minnesota 461
Iowa 446
Wisconsin 405
North Carolina 386
Georgia 373
Kansas 371
New Jersey 362
Utah 350
Oklahoma 309
Nebraska 270
Kentucky 250
South Carolina 245
Arizona 244
Virginia 238
Idaho 226
Tennessee 205
Alabama 199
Mississippi 192
Montana 179
Maryland 177
Arkansas 123
New Mexico 101
Massachusetts 94
South Dakota 77
North Dakota 75
Hawaii 73
Connecticut 69
District of Columbia 62
West Virginia 57
Wyoming 56
Nevada 46
Maine 11
Alaska 4

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