girls:
478 births since 1937
#5238 (8th percentile)
boys:
14.5k births since 1927
#969 (79th percentile)
overall:
15k births since 1927
#2148 (72nd percentile)
The name Ronny is the #2,148 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 14,957 recorded births since 1927. This represents the 72.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #969 (78.9% percentile) for all time with 14,479 births since 1927. For girls, it ranks #5,238 (8.3% percentile) for all time with 478 births since 1937.
Ronny first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1927 (1927 for boys and 1937 for girls).
The name Ronny has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 96.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 90.3% of babies named Ronny were boys.
For boys, Ronny reached its peak popularity in 1947, achieving the 47.8% percentile (ranked #312) with 231 births per million. The name was most common in 1943, with 246 births per million (ranked 47.0% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Ronny ranks #860 for boys (5.6% percentile) with 31 births per million, which is 12.4% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Ronny reached its peak popularity in 1970, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #760) with 10 births per million. The name was most common in 1970, with 10 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2020, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Ronny ranks #946 for girls (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 34.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Ronny".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Ronny", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Ronnie" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Ronnie..
Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Ronny. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.9% confident that Ronny is pronounced as RAH-nee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is RAW-nee, at 9.1% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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