Ronne
Rønne is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,675. It was a municipality in its own right from 1970 until 2002, when Bornholm was a county. It has an area of 29.11 square kilometres and is the administrative centre of the Bornholm municipality.
- Frisian
Meaning & Origin of Ronne
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Rønne is the largest town on the Danish island of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea. It has a population of 13,675. It was a municipality in its own right from 1970 until 2002, when Bornholm was a county. It has an area of 29.11 square kilometres and is the administrative centre of the Bornholm municipality.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Frisian
Origin & history
The Story of Ronne
As a girl name
The earliest SSA record of Ronne as a girl name dates back to 1942, when 8 babies received it. 1947 was its biggest year on record, with 13 newborns named Ronne — #2,898 in the national rankings. The 1940s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 54% of all recorded Ronnes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1972 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 68 Ronnes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
As a boy name
Ronne first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a boy name in 1944, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1957: 8 births, good for #3,024 nationwide. The 1950s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 48% of all recorded Ronnes. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1962 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 67 Ronnes have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ronne
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About the name Ronne
Ronne is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1942 and has accumulated 68 births in the dataset. Ronne's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #2,898. Use the chart and map above to compare Ronne'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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