Ronald Name Popularity

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How popular is Ronald?

Ranking 493rd in popularity in the United States for boys in 2018, the name Ronald is somewhat popular.

Currently in the top 500, this name has been part of the top 1000 most popular since 1880, when the Social Security Administration began record keeping.

Position 9, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached for the first time in 1941 and as recently as 1943.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1947 with 34,887 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Ronald was less than 5, most recently in 1885.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Ronald occurred roughly during the years 1887-1890, 1893-1897, 1898-1902, 1903-1915, and 1918-1947, whereas 1948-1955, 1957-1977, 1980-1983, 1988-1998, 1999-2003, 2004-2009, and 2016-2017 were years of successive downward movement.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Ronald be?

The popularity trend for Ronald has been spiralling downward for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Ronald lately has dropped.

The name Ronald still has a solid footing but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Ronald is very rarely used as a given name.

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		Ronald (Girl)		Ronald (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		< 5	--	578	493
2017		< 5	--	657	461
2016		< 5	--	727	428
2015		< 5	--	704	434
2014		< 5	--	790	395
2013		< 5	--	742	402
2012		< 5	--	796	378
2011		< 5	--	887	341
2010		< 5	--	913	343
2009		< 5	--	924	341
2008		< 5	--	1,089	307
2007		< 5	--	1,175	293
2006		< 5	--	1,374	249
2005		< 5	--	1,301	255
2004		< 5	--	1,451	232
2003		< 5	--	1,404	237
2002		< 5	--	1,520	227
2001		< 5	--	1,652	212
2000		< 5	--	1,750	203
1999		5	16,333	1,871	186
1998		< 5	--	1,846	182
1997		< 5	--	2,096	164
1996		< 5	--	2,230	156
1995		< 5	--	2,399	146
1994		6	13,043	2,563	137
1993		9	9,350	2,882	122
1992		12	7,409	3,222	112
1991		10	8,448	3,669	101
1990		15	6,067	3,900	97
1989		20	4,636	4,106	86
1988		38	2,784	4,173	79
1987		30	3,146	4,152	73
1986		44	2,328	4,223	75
1985		33	2,844	4,299	71
1984		46	2,177	4,506	67
1983		38	2,468	4,707	64
1982		44	2,276	5,209	60
1981		42	2,365	5,535	59
1980		40	2,427	5,762	58
1979		49	2,077	5,702	54
1978		37	2,422	5,758	55
1977		62	1,691	6,029	53
1976		47	1,929	6,461	49
1975		58	1,668	7,066	45
1974		51	1,766	7,667	42
1973		70	1,413	8,329	40
1972		68	1,443	9,511	32
1971		78	1,373	11,632	31
1970		78	1,350	13,615	29
1969		91	1,173	14,624	29
1968		85	1,175	15,423	25
1967		100	1,034	16,439	24
1966		87	1,142	16,957	24
1965		69	1,319	17,620	24
1964		79	1,243	18,838	24
1963		71	1,314	19,780	23
1962		60	1,441	19,975	25
1961		76	1,277	20,818	24
1960		83	1,197	21,701	21
1959		89	1,133	23,104	21
1958		65	1,318	24,802	19
1957		92	1,095	27,185	17
1956		61	1,337	27,741	15
1955		72	1,186	26,159	18
1954		70	1,203	27,604	15
1953		64	1,211	27,724	15
1952		72	1,116	27,798	15
1951		66	1,159	29,050	12
1950		68	1,121	29,914	12
1949		84	978	31,492	11
1948		71	1,054	33,518	10
1947		73	1,046	34,887	11
1946		94	856	31,855	10
1945		55	1,059	23,663	10
1944		61	1,002	25,511	10
1943		73	913	29,235	9
1942		78	885	27,134	9
1941		54	1,001	24,399	9
1940		58	951	20,730	10
1939		54	973	19,835	10
1938		64	886	20,296	10
1937		56	928	18,136	11
1936		46	1,034	16,920	12
1935		51	972	15,484	12
1934		58	903	14,084	11
1933		33	1,258	12,061	12
1932		43	1,094	11,141	16
1931		39	1,160	6,724	27
1930		38	1,230	5,635	37
1929		27	1,519	4,478	45
1928		23	1,768	3,974	50
1927		19	2,085	3,111	63
1926		15	2,451	2,287	88
1925		11	3,087	1,676	104
1924		5	5,753	1,360	130
1923		11	3,086	1,148	142
1922		< 5	--	1,042	147
1921		< 5	--	993	154
1920		< 5	--	832	168
1919		5	5,433	784	171
1918		< 5	--	751	176
1917		< 5	--	767	165
1916		< 5	--	723	167
1915		< 5	--	764	155
1914		< 5	--	541	163
1913		< 5	--	417	167
1912		< 5	--	302	191
1911		< 5	--	136	218
1910		< 5	--	118	215
1909		< 5	--	93	225
1908		< 5	--	75	247
1907		< 5	--	88	218
1906		< 5	--	76	226
1905		< 5	--	51	279
1904		< 5	--	50	271
1903		< 5	--	52	254
1902		< 5	--	49	271
1901		< 5	--	43	265
1900		< 5	--	40	348
1899		< 5	--	27	352
1898		< 5	--	26	388
1897		< 5	--	34	319
1896		< 5	--	23	416
1895		< 5	--	25	389
1894		< 5	--	21	415
1893		< 5	--	8	818
1892		< 5	--	17	493
1891		< 5	--	8	755
1890		< 5	--	20	411
1889		< 5	--	10	663
1888		< 5	--	15	521
1887		< 5	--	8	735
1886		< 5	--	13	534
1885		< 5	--	< 5	--
1884		< 5	--	11	601
1883		< 5	--	6	868
1882		< 5	--	< 5	--
1881		< 5	--	< 5	--
1880		< 5	--	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.