Ronal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- roh-NAHL
- Origin
- Old Norse
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Ronal is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “counsel + ruler”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Ronal mean?
Old Norse: variant of Ronald, used mainly in Spanish-speaking families
“counsel + ruler”
A variant of Ronald, the Scottish form of the Old Norse name Rögnvaldr.
Is Ronal a girl's or a boy's name?
Ronal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ronal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,606among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Ronal, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 1939, with 61 boys. It first appears in the records in 1918.
2025 had more boys named Ronal than any year since 2013.
Half of all the boys named Ronal in the US since 1880 were born between 1943 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ronal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 12 | #6,693 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 9 | #8,209 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 7 | #9,659 |
| 2015 | 6 | #10,638 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 19 | #4,897 |
| 2007 | 28 | #3,685 |
| 2006 | 21 | #4,366 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 23 | #3,855 |
| 2003 | 16 | #4,810 |
| 2002 | 21 | #3,904 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 21 | #3,758 |
| 1999 | 15 | #4,531 |
| 1998 | 18 | #3,845 |
| 1997 | 11 | #5,282 |
| 1996 | 12 | #4,871 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 11 | #4,995 |
| 1992 | 8 | #6,120 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 9 | #5,158 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 17 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 7 | #4,904 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 8 | #4,507 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,384 |
| 1976 | 7 | #4,416 |
| 1975 | 7 | #4,307 |
| 1974 | 8 | #3,835 |
| 1973 | 8 | #3,692 |
| 1972 | 18 | #2,158 |
| 1971 | 11 | #2,971 |
| 1970 | 19 | #2,057 |
| 1969 | 19 | #1,913 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 14 | #2,138 |
| 1966 | 17 | #1,890 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 11 | #2,545 |
| 1963 | 25 | #1,584 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,034 |
| 1961 | 20 | #1,822 |
| 1960 | 14 | #2,209 |
| 1959 | 11 | #2,529 |
| 1958 | 17 | #1,952 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 12 | #2,359 |
| 1955 | 21 | #1,681 |
| 1954 | 19 | #1,761 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,597 |
| 1950 | 24 | #1,498 |
| 1949 | 21 | #1,615 |
| 1948 | 30 | #1,322 |
| 1947 | 28 | #1,393 |
| 1946 | 29 | #1,298 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,295 |
| 1944 | 25 | #1,327 |
| 1943 | 27 | #1,342 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,316 |
| 1941 | 35 | #1,108 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,156 |
| 1939 | 61 | #776 |
| 1938 | 40 | #1,009 |
| 1937 | 27 | #1,288 |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,062 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 14 | #1,932 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,770 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 14 | #2,003 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,074 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,523 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 11 | #2,631 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
Names like Ronal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronnie Kevin Dean Ryan Bryan Calvin Nolan Rory Rowan Rowdy Danny Brayden
Names related to Ronal
More Old Norse names
Freya Ralph Eric Astrid Colby Rafe Odin Ralphie Erik Freyja Erick Bo Ronald Bjorn Erica Raife
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ronal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ronal, updated 20 October 2026.