# Ronin (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ronin/  
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 | “a ronin” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 10,494 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,272 / 222 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 298, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From modern films and comics, perhaps literally "a ronin". Compare also Ronan.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 8 | 13,130 |
| 2012 | 5 | 18,998 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,752 |
| 2014 | 9 | 11,758 |
| 2015 | 8 | 12,781 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,974 |
| 2017 | 15 | 7,768 |
| 2018 | 17 | 7,047 |
| 2019 | 19 | 6,370 |
| 2020 | 23 | 5,459 |
| 2021 | 22 | 5,708 |
| 2022 | 17 | 6,934 |
| 2023 | 7 | 13,198 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,339 |
| 2025 | 17 | 6,775 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 274 | 803 |
| 2012 | 298 | 768 |
| 2013 | 291 | 773 |
| 2014 | 497 | 556 |
| 2015 | 606 | 486 |
| 2016 | 590 | 508 |
| 2017 | 563 | 515 |
| 2018 | 656 | 455 |
| 2019 | 650 | 461 |
| 2020 | 790 | 390 |
| 2021 | 710 | 438 |
| 2022 | 758 | 422 |
| 2023 | 641 | 474 |
| 2024 | 624 | 495 |
| 2025 | 600 | 504 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 9 | 2,194 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 12 | 1,796 |
| 2014 | 16 | 1,486 |
| 2015 | 10 | 2,150 |
| 2016 | 19 | 1,363 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,398 |
| 2018 | 10 | 2,112 |
| 2019 | 18 | 1,369 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,635 |
| 2021 | 15 | 1,595 |
| 2022 | 21 | 1,268 |
| 2023 | 14 | 1,701 |
| 2024 | 14 | 1,758 |
| 2025 | 19 | 1,406 |

## 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.