Ronan
Rónán, anglicised as Ronan, is an Irish and Breton male given name and surname derived from rón, the Irish word for 'seal'. The given name dates back to Primitive Irish in the form ᚏᚑᚅᚐᚅᚅ [ᚋᚐᚊ ᚉᚑᚋᚑᚌᚐᚅᚅ], found as an ogham inscription which translates as 'Rónán, son of Comgán'.
Meaning & Origin of Ronan
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rónán, anglicised as Ronan, is an Irish and Breton male given name and surname derived from rón, the Irish word for 'seal'. The given name dates back to Primitive Irish in the form ᚏᚑᚅᚐᚅᚅ [ᚋᚐᚊ ᚉᚑᚋᚑᚌᚐᚅᚅ], found as an ogham inscription which translates as 'Rónán, son of Comgán'.
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The Story of Ronan
Ronan first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1959, with 10 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 2024, when 1,370 Ronans were born — ranking #257 that year. As of 2026, Ronan ranks #262 for baby boys with 1,321 births, holding steady (+3%). In total, more than 22K Ronans have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1950s through the 2020s.
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Notable people named Ronan
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- Ronan Bennett (born 1956), Northern Irish writer
- Ronan Biger (born 1985), French football midfielder
- Ronan Cordeiro (born 1997), Brazilian para-triathlete
- Ronan & Erwan Bouroullec , Breton designers
- Ronan Falcão (born 1985), Equatoguinean footballer
- Ronan Farrow (born 1987), American writer and activist
- Ronan Hanafin (born 2004), American football player
- Ronan Hardiman (born 1962), Irish composer
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About the name Ronan
Ronan is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1959 and has accumulated 22K births in the dataset. Ronan's peak popularity came in 2024 when it ranked #257. Use the chart and map above to compare Ronan's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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