Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ronald

#27 most common boys' name of all time · #37 across all names · >99% male / <1% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among boys
#27
Rank overall
#37 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
142 of 146
All-time
1,086,091
Since 2016
5,449
Peak year
1947 #11
Best rank
#9 1941
Girls Boys peak 34,972/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Ronald first appears in 1883. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 438 438 #638
2024 — 497 497 #575
2023 — 457 457 #612
2022 — 532 532 #559
2021 — 505 505 #562
2020 — 503 503 #559
2019 — 541 541 #527
2018 — 588 588 #491
2017 — 660 660 #461
2016 — 728 728 #429
2015 — 704 704 #434
2014 — 791 791 #394
2013 — 745 745 #402
2012 — 797 797 #378
2011 — 889 889 #342
2010 — 913 913 #343
2009 — 926 926 #341
2008 — 1,089 1,089 #307
2007 — 1,175 1,175 #293
2006 — 1,374 1,374 #249
2005 — 1,302 1,302 #255
2004 — 1,450 1,450 #232
2003 — 1,406 1,406 #237
2002 — 1,521 1,521 #227
2001 — 1,652 1,652 #212
2000 — 1,750 1,750 #203
1999 5 1,872 1,877 #186
1998 — 1,847 1,847 #182
1997 — 2,096 2,096 #164
1996 — 2,229 2,229 #156
1995 — 2,400 2,400 #146
1994 6 2,564 2,570 #137
1993 9 2,882 2,891 #122
1992 12 3,222 3,234 #112
1991 10 3,670 3,680 #101
1990 15 3,899 3,914 #97
1989 20 4,110 4,130 #85
1988 38 4,173 4,211 #79
1987 30 4,153 4,183 #73
1986 44 4,224 4,268 #75
1985 33 4,299 4,332 #71
1984 46 4,507 4,553 #67
1983 38 4,702 4,740 #64
1982 44 5,207 5,251 #60
1981 42 5,538 5,580 #59
1980 40 5,757 5,797 #58
1979 49 5,694 5,743 #54
1978 37 5,758 5,795 #55
1977 62 6,026 6,088 #53
1976 47 6,457 6,504 #49
1975 58 7,064 7,122 #46
1974 51 7,667 7,718 #42
1973 70 8,327 8,397 #40
1972 68 9,502 9,570 #32
1971 78 11,617 11,695 #31
1970 78 13,618 13,696 #29
1969 91 14,618 14,709 #29
1968 85 15,415 15,500 #25
1967 100 16,443 16,543 #24
1966 87 16,952 17,039 #24
1965 69 17,619 17,688 #24
1964 80 18,844 18,924 #24
1963 70 19,780 19,850 #23
1962 60 19,963 20,023 #25
1961 76 20,842 20,918 #24
1960 82 21,714 21,796 #21
1959 89 23,114 23,203 #21
1958 65 24,824 24,889 #19
1957 92 27,209 27,301 #17
1956 61 27,725 27,786 #15
1955 70 26,172 26,242 #18
1954 70 27,625 27,695 #15
1953 62 27,713 27,775 #15
1952 72 27,800 27,872 #15
1951 66 29,049 29,115 #12
1950 68 29,908 29,976 #12
1949 84 31,502 31,586 #11
1948 71 33,527 33,598 #10
1947 73 34,899 34,972 #11
1946 94 31,858 31,952 #10
1945 55 23,665 23,720 #10
1944 61 25,513 25,574 #10
1943 73 29,239 29,312 #9
1942 78 27,138 27,216 #9
1941 54 24,407 24,461 #9
1940 58 20,741 20,799 #10
1939 54 19,837 19,891 #10
1938 64 20,295 20,359 #10
1937 56 18,141 18,197 #11
1936 46 16,917 16,963 #12
1935 51 15,489 15,540 #12
1934 58 14,088 14,146 #11
1933 33 12,061 12,094 #12
1932 43 11,143 11,186 #16
1931 39 6,726 6,765 #27
1930 38 5,635 5,673 #37
1929 27 4,479 4,506 #45
1928 23 3,969 3,992 #50
1927 19 3,115 3,134 #63
1926 15 2,283 2,298 #88
1925 11 1,674 1,685 #104
1924 5 1,360 1,365 #130
1923 11 1,148 1,159 #142
1922 — 1,042 1,042 #147
1921 — 992 992 #154
1920 — 832 832 #168
1919 5 784 789 #171
1918 — 751 751 #176
1917 — 766 766 #165
1916 — 723 723 #168
1915 — 763 763 #155
1914 — 541 541 #163
1913 — 417 417 #167
1912 — 302 302 #191
1911 — 136 136 #218
1910 — 118 118 #215
1909 — 93 93 #225
1908 — 75 75 #247
1907 — 88 88 #218
1906 — 76 76 #226
1905 — 51 51 #279
1904 — 50 50 #272
1903 — 52 52 #255
1902 — 49 49 #271
1901 — 42 42 #266
1900 — 40 40 #349
1899 — 27 27 #354
1898 — 26 26 #393
1897 — 34 34 #320
1896 — 23 23 #416
1895 — 25 25 #389
1894 — 21 21 #418
1893 — 8 8 #824
1892 — 17 17 #495
1891 — 8 8 #760
1890 — 20 20 #414
1889 — 10 10 #671
1888 — 15 15 #527
1887 — 8 8 #742
1886 — 13 13 #539
1884 — 11 11 #612
1883 — 6 6 #886