girls:
191 births since 2006
#5525 (3rd percentile)
boys:
9k births since 1998
#1242 (73rd percentile)
overall:
9.2k births since 1998
#2802 (64th percentile)
The name Ronin is the #2,802 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 9,234 recorded births since 1998. This represents the 63.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 63.8% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,242 (72.9% percentile) for all time with 9,043 births since 1998. For girls, it ranks #5,525 (3.3% percentile) for all time with 191 births since 2006.
Ronin first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1998 (1998 for boys and 2006 for girls).
The name Ronin has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.9% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Ronin reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 59.3% percentile (ranked #367) with 427 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 427 births per million (ranked 59.3% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Ronin ranks #429 for boys (53.0% percentile) with 348 births per million, which is 81.6% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ronin reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #922) with 13 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 13 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Ronin ranks #945 for girls (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 30.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ronin".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ronin. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.9% confident that Ronin is pronounced as ROH-nihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ROH-nuhn, at 9.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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