# Ronaldo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ronaldo/  
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 | Portuguese |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,043 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,043 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 279, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese Ronaldo.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 154 | 1,166 |
| 2012 | 144 | 1,234 |
| 2013 | 148 | 1,215 |
| 2014 | 161 | 1,169 |
| 2015 | 160 | 1,164 |
| 2016 | 129 | 1,378 |
| 2017 | 119 | 1,447 |
| 2018 | 103 | 1,600 |
| 2019 | 83 | 1,838 |
| 2020 | 83 | 1,812 |
| 2021 | 81 | 1,899 |
| 2022 | 85 | 1,871 |
| 2023 | 84 | 1,890 |
| 2024 | 81 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 77 | 1,988 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 10 | 2,036 |
| 2011 | 8 | 2,390 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 7 | 2,660 |
| 2014 | 11 | 1,935 |
| 2015 | 7 | 2,707 |
| 2016 | 9 | 2,335 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 6 | 3,011 |
| 2019 | 5 | 3,411 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2022 | 6 | 3,048 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Ronaldo

- Ronaldo, Brazilian association football player (born 1976)
- Ronaldo Rodrigues de Jesus, Brazilian association football player
- Ronaldo Henrique Silva, Brazilian association football player
- Ronaldo Guiaro, Brazilian footballer
- Ronaldo da Costa, Brazilian athletics competitor (born 1970)
- Ronaldo Souza, Brazilian martial artist
- Ronaldo Vieira, English association football player
- Ronaldo Morais Silva, Brazilian footballer
- Ronaldo Chacón, association football player
- Ronaldo da Silva Souza, Brazilian association football player
- Ronaldo Conceição, Brazilian footballer
- Ronaldo Angelim, Brazilian footballer

## 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.