# Ringo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ringo/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “ringo starr” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 253 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 253 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From ring + -o. From the stage name of one of the Beatles, Ringo Starr, actually named Richard Starkey, the drummer of the quartet. From ring, from the rings worn by Richard "Ringo Starr" Starkey.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 7 | 9,025 |
| 2005 | 9 | 8,163 |
| 2006 | 8 | 9,385 |
| 2008 | 5 | 14,174 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,725 |
| 2010 | 6 | 11,884 |
| 2011 | 6 | 11,959 |
| 2012 | 7 | 10,529 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,997 |
| 2016 | 5 | 13,779 |
| 2017 | 5 | 13,838 |
| 2018 | 6 | 11,849 |
| 2021 | 5 | 13,678 |
| 2023 | 8 | 9,565 |
| 2025 | 8 | 9,523 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 4,747 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Ри́нго
- Chinese: 林戈
- Japanese: リンゴ
- Russian: Ри́нго

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.