# Ronny (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ronny/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,045 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,567 / 478 (3% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 761, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shortening of Ronald + -y. A less common spelling of Ronnie.

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 1991 | 9 | 9,177 |
| 1992 | 5 | 15,012 |
| 1993 | 7 | 11,505 |
| 1994 | 9 | 9,435 |
| 1997 | 11 | 8,208 |
| 1998 | 5 | 16,045 |
| 1999 | 5 | 16,338 |
| 2000 | 8 | 11,558 |
| 2001 | 6 | 14,937 |
| 2002 | 7 | 13,330 |
| 2003 | 7 | 13,528 |
| 2006 | 6 | 16,701 |
| 2007 | 5 | 19,920 |
| 2013 | 5 | 18,753 |
| 2023 | 6 | 14,838 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 68 | 2,015 |
| 2012 | 103 | 1,550 |
| 2013 | 58 | 2,246 |
| 2014 | 77 | 1,901 |
| 2015 | 48 | 2,594 |
| 2016 | 58 | 2,300 |
| 2017 | 48 | 2,628 |
| 2018 | 29 | 3,774 |
| 2019 | 53 | 2,517 |
| 2020 | 49 | 2,610 |
| 2021 | 42 | 2,961 |
| 2022 | 45 | 2,861 |
| 2023 | 56 | 2,430 |
| 2024 | 53 | 2,550 |
| 2025 | 34 | 3,434 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 3 | 3,848 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 37 | 812 |
| 2012 | 33 | 901 |
| 2013 | 51 | 655 |
| 2014 | 51 | 659 |
| 2015 | 52 | 656 |
| 2016 | 43 | 765 |
| 2017 | 36 | 861 |
| 2018 | 33 | 897 |
| 2019 | 35 | 856 |
| 2020 | 24 | 1,111 |
| 2021 | 30 | 985 |
| 2022 | 38 | 825 |
| 2023 | 22 | 1,243 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,460 |
| 2025 | 27 | 1,093 |

## People named Ronny

- Ronny Cox, American actor and musician
- Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo, Brazilian association football player
- Ronny Turiaf, French basketball player (born 1983)
- Ronny Ackermann, German Nordic combined skier
- Ronny Jackson, American physician, politician, and naval officer (born 1967)
- Ronny Rodelin, French footballer
- Ronny Jordan, English guitarist (1962-2014)
- Ronny Martens, Belgian footballer
- Ronny Abraham, French judge and academic
- Ronny Philp, German footballer
- Ronny Marcos, German footballer
- Ronny Teuber, German 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.