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.

Ronell*

#3,186 most common boys' name of all time · #7,728 across all names · 83% male / 17% female · used 1934–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#3,186
Rank overall
#7,728 of 105,966
First appeared
1934
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
1,949
Since 2016
90
Peak year
1976 #1,277
Best rank
#1,277 1976
Girls Boys peak 61/yr
19401960198020002020

Ronell first appears in 1934. 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 8 8 #9,028
2023 8 8 #9,039
2022 5 5 #12,564
2021 10 10 #7,682
2020 12 12 #6,697
2019 10 10 #7,731
2018 15 15 #5,815
2017 7 7 #9,842
2016 15 15 #5,844
2015 11 11 #7,144
2014 14 14 #6,052
2013 10 10 #7,643
2012 16 16 #5,524
2011 16 16 #5,470
2010 18 18 #5,088
2009 22 22 #4,461
2008 18 18 #5,094
2007 23 23 #4,275
2006 13 13 #6,163
2005 25 25 #3,736
2004 21 21 #4,163
2003 22 22 #3,868
2002 23 23 #3,698
2001 21 21 #3,875
2000 20 20 #3,960
1999 5 14 19 #4,830
1998 27 27 #2,950
1997 22 22 #3,290
1996 18 18 #3,726
1995 21 21 #3,236
1994 27 27 #2,720
1993 21 21 #3,177
1992 5 45 50 #1,831
1991 40 40 #1,931
1990 44 44 #1,794
1989 7 40 47 #1,874
1988 28 28 #2,229
1987 5 26 31 #2,253
1986 30 30 #1,982
1985 15 15 #3,127
1984 5 45 50 #1,438
1983 10 33 43 #1,732
1982 5 37 42 #1,643
1981 36 36 #1,648
1980 8 28 36 #1,986
1979 6 34 40 #1,700
1978 9 32 41 #1,703
1977 8 40 48 #1,465
1976 13 48 61 #1,277
1975 11 27 38 #1,814
1974 7 31 38 #1,601
1973 7 33 40 #1,497
1972 10 28 38 #1,673
1971 10 33 43 #1,522
1970 15 24 39 #1,840
1969 13 13 26 #2,497
1968 15 16 31 #2,086
1967 8 13 21 #2,321
1966 12 19 31 #1,804
1965 7 15 22 #2,156
1964 10 12 22 #2,516
1963 11 12 23 #2,521
1962 7 17 24 #2,017
1961 7 16 23 #2,138
1960 6 28 34 #1,544
1959 8 7 15 #3,528
1958 8 10 18 #2,782
1957 14 14 #2,264
1956 13 8 21 #3,165
1955 7 10 17 #2,727
1954 8 8 16 #3,142
1953 7 8 15 #3,106
1952 13 13 #2,243
1951 7 7 #3,324
1950 7 9 16 #2,754
1949 5 14 19 #2,120
1948 5 5 #4,115
1947 5 5 10 #4,195
1946 6 5 11 #3,945
1945 7 7 #2,977
1944 5 5 #3,856
1943 5 5 #3,998
1939 6 6 #3,465
1938 5 5
1937 5 5
1934 6 6 #3,674