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Ronald

Pronounced /ˈɹɒ.nəld/

Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1967 · #1028
Origin
Germanic
Also recorded for boys:495 in 2024 (#575)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • No girls were recorded as Ronald in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
  • It peaked in 1967 with 100 babies, ranked #1028.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1919.
  • 3,845 girls have been named Ronald since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Ronald per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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  7. 0
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 66 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 911 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,406 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,070 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 387 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 5 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Anglicized from Scottish Gaelic Raghnall, itself derived from Old Norse Rǫgnvaldr, from rǫgn (“advice”) + valdr (“power”), later partly merged with the Continental Germanic equivalent Reynold.

  • A male given name from the Germanic languages.
Origin
Germanic
Say it
/ˈɹɒ.nəld/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Ronald, CC BY-SA 4.0.