Ronen
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ROH-nen
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #1,281 for boys
Ronen is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “song; joyful”. In 2025 it ranked 1,281st for boys in the US (153 babies).
What does Ronen mean?
Hebrew
“song; joyful”
A modern Hebrew name from ron, 'joyful song'.
Is Ronen a girl's or a boy's name?
Ronen is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 153 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ronen in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2023, with 4 boys.
Ronen in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 3 | #5,198 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
How popular is Ronen in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,281among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 153about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 93% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 153 boys in the US were named Ronen, making it the 1,281st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,727th. It first appears in the records in 1969.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had the most boys named Ronen of any year since it first appeared, in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Ronen in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,187 boys in the US were given Ronen or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #185, up from #1,281 for this spelling alone.
Ronen in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 153 | #1,281 |
| 2024 | 104 | #1,631 |
| 2023 | 86 | #1,851 |
| 2022 | 63 | #2,268 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 45 | #2,727 |
| 2019 | 61 | #2,264 |
| 2018 | 72 | #2,016 |
| 2017 | 57 | #2,294 |
| 2016 | 45 | #2,688 |
| 2015 | 52 | #2,428 |
| 2014 | 59 | #2,254 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 48 | #2,550 |
| 2011 | 38 | #2,999 |
| 2010 | 26 | #3,893 |
| 2009 | 21 | #4,580 |
| 2008 | 40 | #2,945 |
| 2007 | 29 | #3,589 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 14 | #5,572 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 9 | #6,524 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #7,964 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 9 | #4,453 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 6 | #5,557 |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 12 | #3,429 |
| 1979 | 6 | #5,353 |
| 1978 | 5 | #5,769 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 12 | #2,738 |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
Names like Ronen
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brayden Kayden Kenan Rogan Keegan Conan Ronan Aiden Raiden Regan Rayden Finn
Other spellings of Ronen
Names related to Ronen
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Ronen: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ronen, updated 20 October 2026.