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.

Ronnell*

#2,715 most common boys' name of all time · #6,532 across all names · 93% male / 7% female · used 1940–2025 · notable crossover

Rank among boys
#2,715
Rank overall
#6,532 of 105,966
First appeared
1940
Years on the list
82 of 146
All-time
2,544
Since 2016
127
Peak year
1971 #1,042
Best rank
#1,042 1971
Girls Boys peak 75/yr
19401960198020002020

Ronnell first appears in 1940. 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 6 6 #10,867
2023 8 8 #9,047
2022 12 12 #6,903
2021 10 10 #7,684
2020 14 14 #6,062
2019 16 16 #5,613
2018 12 12 #6,779
2017 20 20 #4,793
2016 29 29 #3,703
2015 12 12 #6,745
2014 14 14 #6,054
2013 15 15 #5,709
2012 18 18 #5,074
2011 28 28 #3,717
2010 22 22 #4,399
2009 31 31 #3,494
2008 23 23 #4,302
2007 31 31 #3,465
2006 28 28 #3,623
2005 24 24 #3,848
2004 31 31 #3,175
2003 31 31 #3,069
2002 30 30 #3,048
2001 36 36 #2,637
2000 27 27 #3,174
1999 46 46 #2,078
1998 39 39 #2,282
1997 29 29 #2,703
1996 28 28 #2,705
1995 42 42 #2,002
1994 44 44 #1,907
1993 64 64 #1,467
1992 54 54 #1,626
1991 52 52 #1,624
1990 62 62 #1,426
1989 61 61 #1,404
1988 63 63 #1,300
1987 50 50 #1,456
1986 5 53 58 #1,353
1985 34 34 #1,785
1984 48 48 #1,377
1983 8 44 52 #1,442
1982 5 47 52 #1,390
1981 7 57 64 #1,217
1980 49 49 #1,349
1979 7 43 50 #1,426
1978 8 51 59 #1,270
1977 13 44 57 #1,381
1976 50 50 #1,235
1975 11 56 67 #1,135
1974 5 54 59 #1,122
1973 6 39 45 #1,347
1972 5 42 47 #1,303
1971 13 62 75 #1,042
1970 12 55 67 #1,115
1969 8 25 33 #1,672
1968 9 23 32 #1,683
1967 10 21 31 #1,744
1966 14 14 #2,199
1965 5 14 19 #2,252
1964 5 26 31 #1,574
1963 9 22 31 #1,739
1962 9 19 28 #1,888
1961 13 13 #2,396
1960 6 14 20 #2,300
1959 6 21 27 #1,802
1958 11 11 #2,620
1957 6 15 21 #2,177
1956 12 12 #2,484
1955 12 12 #2,418
1954 22 22 #1,666
1953 10 10 #2,692
1952 5 9 14 #2,859
1951 7 7 #3,332
1950 8 8 #3,006
1949 9 9 #2,791
1948 9 9 #2,780
1947 12 12 #2,353
1946 8 8 #2,908
1944 5 5 #3,867
1943 5 5 #4,006
1940 5 5 #3,928