How Many People Are Named Ronnie?

133,401

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

About 1 in 2,562 people in the US has this name

Based on 191,119 babies named Ronnie in Social Security records from 1902 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#412

⭐ Uncommon

Rank Among Boy Names

#188

See the top 100

Peak Year

1947

6,382 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English
Pronunciation: RAH-nee
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Diminutive of RONALD or VERONICA.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Ronnie in English. Counting Ronnie and these spellings together, about 144,341 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

RaginaldReinaldReinholdBereniceBerenikePherenikeRagnvaldrBernikeBerniceVeronikaRagnvaldReinoudReinoutBernettaBernie

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
4.7%
Male
95.3%

Of the babies given the name Ronnie, 4.7% were girls and 95.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Ronnie fell from 55% in the 1910s to 29.1% in the 2020s. It was lowest in the 1960s, at 2.6%.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Ronnie alive today is about 59 years old, and 59% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 49 and 72 in 2025.

Under 30 11,805
8.8%
30 to 59 43,010
32.2%
60 and over 78,587
58.9%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Ronnie first appears in the records in 1902 and was given most often in 1947, to 6,382 babies. In 2025, 317 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1902 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Ronnie never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #54, in 1946, and it was in the top 100 for 22 years, 1941 to 1962. In 2025 it ranked #1,067.

Boys
Rank in 2025#1,067
Best rank#54 (1946)
Years in the top 10022 (1941 to 1962)
Rank in its biggest decade#78 in the 1950s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

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

More people named Ronnie were born in Texas than in any other state: about 13,277 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Ronnie was given 2.6 times as often in Arkansas, 2.5 times in Kentucky and 2.5 times in North Carolina.

Texas 13,277
California 9,663
North Carolina 8,938
Georgia 7,070
Tennessee 6,898
Kentucky 5,748
Florida 5,086
Ohio 5,049
New York 4,701
Alabama 4,700
Virginia 4,656
Louisiana 4,374
Illinois 4,347
South Carolina 4,245
Missouri 3,952
Arkansas 3,656
Oklahoma 3,628
Indiana 3,334
Mississippi 3,192
Michigan 2,628
West Virginia 2,099
Pennsylvania 1,710
Maryland 1,524
New Jersey 1,423
Kansas 1,376
Arizona 1,135
Colorado 1,072
New Mexico 1,070
Iowa 1,068
Washington 788
Wisconsin 683
District of Columbia 620
Nebraska 543
Massachusetts 514
Oregon 476
Minnesota 443
Utah 358
Connecticut 351
Idaho 263
South Dakota 180
Montana 177
Nevada 163
Hawaii 144
Maine 133
North Dakota 119
Delaware 107
Wyoming 84
Rhode Island 60
Alaska 26
New Hampshire 14
Vermont 13

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