Ronnie
Ronnie is a given name. It can be a pet form of the masculine name Ronald and the feminine name Veronica.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Ronnie
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ronnie is a given name. It can be a pet form of the masculine name Ronald and the feminine name Veronica.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Ronnie
Ronnie first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1903, with 5 babies given the name that year. Its peak popularity came in 1947, when 6,109 Ronnies were born — ranking #61 that year. As of 2026, Ronnie ranks #1,005 for baby boys with 223 births, gradually falling (-6%). In total, more than 183K Ronnies have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1900s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Ronnie
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About the name Ronnie
Ronnie is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1903 and has accumulated 183K births in the dataset. Ronnie's peak popularity came in 1947 when it ranked #54. Use the chart and map above to compare Ronnie'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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