Ronald

Boy · recorded 1883–2025

  • #637in 2025
  • 1 in 3,899boys in 2025
  • −30%last ten years
  • 2.1×in Maryland

Most popular in 1943. Quieter now: down 30% in ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1883

010,24320,48618831919195419902025

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 142 recorded years as a table
Ronald, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188357
188496
1886117
188779
1888124
188990
1890180
189179
1892139
189371
1894181
1895213
1896192
1897302
1898212
1899254
1900266
1901394
1902399
1903436
1904390
1905385
1906571
1907599
1908486
1909567
1910608
1911602
1912702
1913814
1914826
1915899
1916812
1917828
1918741
1919800
1920782
1921901
1922958
19231,047
19241,201
19251,500
19262,056
19272,764
19283,583
19294,164
19305,135
19316,469
193210,672
193312,164
193413,643
193514,874
193616,310
193717,007
193818,298
193917,922
194017,893
194119,870
194219,649
194320,486
194418,720
194517,584
194619,617
194719,075
194819,108
194917,758
195016,706
195115,428
195214,303
195314,051
195413,550
195512,706
195613,107
195712,613
195811,696
195910,829
196010,183
19619,812
19629,650
19639,739
19649,457
19659,472
19669,505
19679,429
19688,870
19698,175
19707,328
19716,569
19725,860
19735,343
19744,876
19754,524
19764,115
19773,667
19783,507
19793,308
19803,227
19813,092
19822,870
19832,623
19842,497
19852,326
19862,294
19872,224
19882,180
19892,054
19901,898
19911,817
19921,613
19931,469
19941,327
19951,261
19961,177
19971,112
1998966
1999975
2000891
2001850
2002783
2003712
2004730
2005652
2006669
2007566
2008534
2009467
2010476
2011468
2012420
2013394
2014412
2015367
2016384
2017357
2018324
2019302
2020291
2021289
2022305
2023267
2024288
2025256

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Maryland 2.1×
  2. Missouri 1.8×
  3. Michigan 1.7×
  4. Ohio 1.7×
  5. Louisiana 1.6×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
438
Rank in 2025
#637
How rare
1 in 3,899 boys
Since 1883
1,082,247

Most popular in 1943, at 20,486 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has fallen by 30% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Maryland2.1×39
Missouri1.8×39
Michigan1.7×55
Ohio1.7×71
Louisiana1.6×26

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.