# Ronja (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ronja/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | Swedish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Ronia, Ronya |
| US babies named this | 63 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 63 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 43, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

* Borrowed from Swedish Ronja, from the book of Lindgren. * Transliteration of Russian Роня (Ronja), diminutive of Вероника (Veronika).

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1970 | 5 | 8,999 |
| 2000 | 6 | 14,640 |
| 2008 | 5 | 19,866 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,604 |
| 2017 | 7 | 13,829 |
| 2018 | 7 | 13,538 |
| 2019 | 7 | 13,535 |
| 2020 | 5 | 17,041 |
| 2021 | 6 | 14,917 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,837 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2007 | 3 | 5,201 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2021 | 4 | 4,634 |
| 2022 | 5 | 3,970 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |

## People named Ronja

- Rina Ronja Kari, Danish politician
- Ronja Savolainen, Finnish ice hockey player

## 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.