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Ronia

Gender
Girl
Say it
ROH-nee-uh
Origin
Modern
US rank, 2025
#13,203 for girls

Ronia is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 13,203rd for girls in the US (6 babies).

What does Ronia mean?

Modern: English spelling of Ronja, coined by Astrid Lindgren for her 1981 novel

Ronia, the Robber's Daughter is Astrid Lindgren's 1981 fantasy novel, originally Ronja Rovardotter.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Ronia a girl's or a boy's name?

Ronia is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Ronia in the UK?

No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2018, with 6 girls.

2010Busiest: 6 in 20182023
Ronia in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20233#5,929
20220–
20210–
20200–
20195#4,214
20186#3,702
20170–
20160–
20154#4,951
20143#5,920
20130–
20124#5,058
20110–
20103#5,938

How popular is Ronia in the US?

Rank in 2025
#13,203among girls
Babies in 2025
6about 1 in 270,000 girls
Five-year trend
Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 6 girls in the US were named Ronia, making it the 13,203rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 2005, with 14 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.

Half of all the girls named Ronia in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.

1958Busiest: 14 in 20052025
Ronia in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20256#13,203
20240–
20230–
20226#13,586
20215#15,246
20207#12,137
20196#13,793
20185#15,677
201710#9,939
20160–
201511#9,476
20148#11,925
20130–
20125#16,863
20110–
20100–
20097#13,698
20087#13,827
200710#10,814
200611#9,897
200514#7,886
20046#14,172
200311#9,043
20026#13,589
200113#7,717
200011#8,527
19996#12,681
19980–
19977#10,831
19960–
19950–
19946#11,771
19930–
19920–
19910–
19900–
19890–
19880–
19870–
19860–
19850–
19847#8,149
19830–
19820–
19815#10,409
19800–
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19740–
19730–
19720–
19710–
19706#7,069
19690–
19680–
19675#6,803
19660–
19650–
19640–
19636#5,890
19620–
19615#6,566
19600–
19590–
19586#5,407

Names like Ronia

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Names related to Ronia

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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, “Ronia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ronia, updated 20 October 2026.