girls:
326 births since 1937
#5390 (6th percentile)
boys:
1.6k births since 1934
#3065 (33rd percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1934
#5826 (25th percentile)
The name Ronell is the #5,826 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,940 recorded births since 1934. This represents the 24.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 24.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,065 (33.1% percentile) for all time with 1,614 births since 1934. For girls, it ranks #5,390 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 326 births since 1937.
Ronell first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1934 (1934 for boys and 1937 for girls). Birth data for Ronell is available in 85 out of the 90 years between 1934 and 2023 (83 years for boys and 40 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Ronell has been given predominantly to boys, with 83.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Ronell were boys.
For boys, Ronell reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 6.6% percentile (ranked #613) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 29 births per million (ranked 6.6% percentile). Despite a low point around 2017, the name has seen a recent decline in popularity for boys. Currently, Ronell ranks #908 for boys (0.3% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 14.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ronell reached its peak popularity in 1968, achieving the 1.3% percentile (ranked #737) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 1968, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.3% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1999.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ronell".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Ronell. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 76.3% confident that Ronell is pronounced as roh-NEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ruh-NEHL, at 15.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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