NameTides

Ronan

Ronan was the #247 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,406 babies), and #215 in England & Wales and #286 in Canada.

Ronan as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Ronan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandScotlandIrelandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Ronan as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#247 (1,406)#215 (232)#60 (75)#16 (80)#86 (67)#286 (116)
2024#257 (1,374)#268 (175)#75 (69)#25 (61)#65 (88)#275 (118)
2023#290 (1,149)#240 (202)#91 (58)#30 (63)#81 (73)#257 (122)
2022#266 (1,299)#267 (174)#107 (52)#23 (72)#96 (66)#261 (125)
2021#274 (1,258)#249 (188)#106 (54)#20 (78)#97 (66)#305 (113)
2020#270 (1,263)#305 (150)#126 (43)#25 (72)#118 (52)#252 (131)
2019#268 (1,346)#353 (126)#145 (38)#20 (85)#79 (85)#301 (110)
2018#294 (1,192)#351 (130)#180 (28)#22 (86)#79 (87)#289 (117)
2017#296 (1,194)#368 (125)#170 (34)#30 (74)#74 (95)#235 (156)
2016#315 (1,111)#390 (115)#190 (28)#23 (91)#71 (99)#240 (152)
2015#335 (1,029)#379 (115)#220 (22)#37 (74)#56 (136)#293 (117)
2014#366 (865)#393 (104)#196 (28)#34 (81)#64 (131)#245 (147)
2013#434 (668)#431 (95)#197 (26)#34 (80)#60 (143)#319 (101)
2012#457 (596)#395 (104)#212 (23)#40 (77)#52 (167)#256 (132)
2011#457 (584)#388 (102)#171 (32)#52 (67)#48 (187)#290 (107)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #247.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1959.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,200 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,200uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 260common
Northern IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 100very common
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 350common
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Ronan is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,200 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,100 to 1 in 1,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Ronan by state, 2025Alaska: #94AKMaine: #172MEWisconsin: #221WIVermont: #80VTNew Hampshire: #121NHWashington: #200WAIdaho: #125IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #263MNIllinois: #224ILMichigan: #217MINew York: #212NYMassachusetts: #150MAOregon: #113ORNevada: #213NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #221SDIowa: #276IAIndiana: #215INOhio: #198OHPennsylvania: #225PANew Jersey: #261NJConnecticut: #155CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #241CAUtah: #170UTColorado: #185CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #218MOKentucky: #281KYWest Virginia: #254WVVirginia: #172VAMaryland: #257MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #272AZNew Mexico: #360NMKansas: #246KSArkansas: #247ARTennessee: #290TNNorth Carolina: #330NCSouth Carolina: #668SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #328OKLouisiana: #426LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: #333ALGeorgia: #414GAHawaii: #104HITexas: #435TXFlorida: #282FL
Ronan (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#24158

Ronan (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

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

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
RonanCanadaBoys#286116
RonanEngland & WalesBoys#215232
RonanIrelandBoys#8667
RónánIrelandBoys#32912
RónanIrelandBoys#5096
RonánIrelandBoys—too few
RonanNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
RonanNorthern IrelandBoys#1680
RonanScotlandBoys#6075
RonanUSGirls#5,55422
RonanUSBoys#2471,406