NameTides

Ronald

Ronald was the #637 boys' name in the US in 2025 (438 babies), and #627 in England & Wales and #1,443 in Canada.

Ronald as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Ronald as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.752518801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Ronald as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.06.2512.518.75251880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#637 (438)#627 (59)——#1,443 (16)—
2024#575 (497)#796 (42)#619 (4)—#1,353 (16)—
2023#611 (457)#691 (50)——#1,496 (13)—
2022#559 (532)#670 (51)#472 (6)—#1,061 (21)—
2021#562 (505)#569 (67)——#910 (26)—
2020#558 (503)#668 (51)——#1,129 (19)—
2019#526 (541)#634 (56)#609 (4)—#917 (25)—
2018#490 (588)#564 (66)#704 (3)—#885 (26)—
2017#459 (660)#684 (51)#733 (3)—#810 (30)—
2016#429 (728)#748 (45)#592 (4)—#892 (26)—
2015#434 (704)#765 (42)#588 (4)—#1,071 (19)—
2014#394 (791)#805 (38)——#747 (32)—
2013#402 (745)#771 (41)#520 (5)—#1,068 (19)—
2012#378 (797)#998 (28)#568 (4)#718 (3)#640 (38)—
2011#342 (889)#852 (34)#648 (3)#730 (3)#958 (22)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1943 at #9.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1883.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 4,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 9,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ronald is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 3,500 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ronald by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #678WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #801WAIdaho: #377IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #677ILMichigan: #420MINew York: #661NYMassachusetts: #555MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #621INOhio: #513OHPennsylvania: #458PANew Jersey: #377NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #683CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #468CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #518MOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #875VAMaryland: #407MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #559AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #927TNNorth Carolina: #645NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #698OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #525ALGeorgia: #541GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #892TXFlorida: #499FL
Ronald (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RonaldCanadaBoys#1,44316
RonaldEngland & WalesBoys#62759
RonaldIrelandBoys—too few
RonaldNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
RonaldNSWBoys—too few
RonaldScotlandBoys—too few
RonaldUSGirls—too few
RonaldUSBoys#637438