How Many People Are Named Ronaldo?
people named Ronaldo are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 59,825 people in the US has this name
Based on 6,043 babies named Ronaldo in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
359 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Portuguese form of RONALD. A notable bearer is the retired Brazilian soccer player Ronaldo Luís Nazário de Lima (1976-), who is commonly known only by his first name.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ronaldo in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ronaldo alive today is about 23 years old, and 83% are under 30. Half of them were between 13 and 27 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ronaldo first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1998, to 359 babies. In 2025, 77 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Ronaldo has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #552, in 1998. In 2025 it ranked #1,988.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #1,988 |
| Best rank | #552 (1998) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #880 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Ronaldo alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Ronaldo were born in California than in any other state: about 1,329 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ronaldo was given 2.9 times as often in Texas, 2.5 times in California and 1.5 times in Florida.
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