Masculine dossier · first seen 1883

Ronald

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Ronald
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 98.6% from peak

Peak era

1947

Peak rank proxy

34,900

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1883Peak 19472024

Peak year

1947

Decline from peak

98.6%

2024

495

All-time

1,081,788

Ronald once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1947, when 34,900 boys were named Ronald.

In 2024, only 495 boys were given the name.

Down 98.6% from its peak.

All told, about 1,081,788 Americans have been named Ronald and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1883.

Rarity scoreUncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 98.6% from peak

194734,900 boys named Ronald

2024495 boys named Ronald

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