# Ron (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ron/  
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 | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ɹɑn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 36,432 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 36,362 / 70 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 172, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Clipping of Ronald.

## 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1962 | 5 | 7,361 |
| 1963 | 5 | 7,408 |
| 1967 | 8 | 5,340 |
| 1968 | 6 | 6,836 |
| 1969 | 8 | 5,852 |
| 1971 | 7 | 7,181 |
| 1972 | 5 | 9,284 |
| 1975 | 7 | 7,760 |
| 1977 | 7 | 8,205 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8,843 |
| 1983 | 5 | 11,595 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 53 | 2,398 |
| 2012 | 59 | 2,231 |
| 2013 | 43 | 2,754 |
| 2014 | 62 | 2,199 |
| 2015 | 39 | 3,017 |
| 2016 | 48 | 2,614 |
| 2017 | 47 | 2,662 |
| 2018 | 53 | 2,467 |
| 2019 | 32 | 3,554 |
| 2020 | 32 | 3,477 |
| 2021 | 35 | 3,347 |
| 2022 | 33 | 3,522 |
| 2023 | 37 | 3,275 |
| 2024 | 31 | 3,673 |
| 2025 | 24 | 4,361 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | 3,227 |
| 2010 | 6 | 2,941 |
| 2011 | 6 | 2,892 |
| 2012 | 7 | 2,721 |
| 2014 | 7 | 2,690 |
| 2015 | 5 | 3,373 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 7 | 2,734 |
| 2018 | 8 | 2,445 |
| 2020 | 3 | 4,608 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 8 | 2,546 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,254 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Ron

- Ron Paul, American politician (born 1935)
- Ron DeSantis, American politician (born 1978)
- Ron Perlman, American actor (born 1950)
- Ron Jeremy, American pornographic actor (born 1953)
- Ron Vlaar, Dutch association football player (born 1985)
- Ron Atkinson, English footballer, manager and commentator
- Ron Moody, British actor (1924–2015)
- Ron Killings, American professional wrestler
- Ron Livingston, American actor
- Ron Rifkin, American actor (born 1938)
- Ron Wyden, American politician and educator (born 1949)
- Ron Silver, American actor (1946-2009)

## 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.