Ronell
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- roh-NELL
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Ronell is a boys' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
Where does Ronell come from?
Modern: spelling of Ronnell; invented; Ron plus the ending -nell
Meaning borrowed from Ronnell.
Is Ronell a girl's or a boy's name?
Ronell is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ronell in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,906th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Ronell, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1976, with 48 boys. It first appears in the records in 1934.
Half of all the boys named Ronell in the US since 1880 were born between 1973 and 1998, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1992, 10% of the babies named Ronell in the US were girls.
Ronell in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 10 | #7,638 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 15 | #5,785 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 14 | #5,993 |
| 2013 | 10 | #7,532 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 18 | #5,044 |
| 2009 | 22 | #4,427 |
| 2008 | 18 | #5,063 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 25 | #3,706 |
| 2004 | 21 | #4,124 |
| 2003 | 22 | #3,833 |
| 2002 | 23 | #3,665 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 20 | #3,916 |
| 1999 | 14 | #4,756 |
| 1998 | 27 | #2,923 |
| 1997 | 22 | #3,256 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 21 | #3,186 |
| 1994 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1993 | 21 | #3,135 |
| 1992 | 45 | #1,815 |
| 1991 | 40 | #1,913 |
| 1990 | 44 | #1,775 |
| 1989 | 40 | #1,853 |
| 1988 | 28 | #2,192 |
| 1987 | 26 | #2,211 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,960 |
| 1985 | 15 | #3,067 |
| 1984 | 45 | #1,421 |
| 1983 | 33 | #1,710 |
| 1982 | 37 | #1,621 |
| 1981 | 36 | #1,628 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,965 |
| 1979 | 34 | #1,670 |
| 1978 | 32 | #1,688 |
| 1977 | 40 | #1,450 |
| 1976 | 48 | #1,267 |
| 1975 | 27 | #1,786 |
| 1974 | 31 | #1,582 |
| 1973 | 33 | #1,485 |
| 1972 | 28 | #1,648 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 24 | #1,793 |
| 1969 | 13 | #2,414 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 15 | #2,083 |
| 1964 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 17 | #1,961 |
| 1961 | 16 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 28 | #1,522 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 10 | #2,640 |
| 1957 | 14 | #2,189 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 10 | #2,557 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 8 | #2,904 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 7 | #3,064 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,021 |
| 1948 | 5 | #3,665 |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 5 | #3,523 |
| 1945 | 7 | #2,742 |
| 1944 | 5 | #3,428 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,112 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
Names like Ronell
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ryan, Keegan, Brennan, Cody, Rowdy, Devin, Brandon, Brody, Kevin, Casey, Keenan, Bryan
Names related to Ronell
More Modern names
Jayden, Ailany, Myla, Kayden, Nevaeh, Jax, Indie, Miley, Raelynn, Kaiden, Kehlani, Alayna, Caden, Zayden, Wrenley, Mya
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, “Ronell: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ronell, updated 20 October 2026.