Ronnie-James
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RON-ee-JAYMZ
- Origin
- Old Norse
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,202 for boys
Ronnie-James is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “counsel and rule + heel-holder, supplanter”. In 2025 it ranked 2,202nd for boys in the UK (11 babies).
What does Ronnie-James mean?
Old Norse: Ronnie + James
“counsel and rule + heel-holder, supplanter”
Joins Ronnie (Old Norse, “counsel and rule”) and James (Hebrew, “heel-holder, supplanter”).
Meanings borrowed from Ronnie and James.
Is Ronnie-James a girl's or a boy's name?
Ronnie-James is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ronnie-James in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,202nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11 about 1 in 27,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 15% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the UK were named Ronnie-James, making it the 2,202nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,562nd. Its busiest year was 2022, with 13 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ronnie-James in the UK since 1996 were born between 2017 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales.
Ronnie-James in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,202 |
| 2024 | 9 | #2,515 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 8 | #2,619 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 12 | #1,974 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,241 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,086 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
Names like Ronnie-James
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ronnie, Elias, Ralph, Myles, Rory, Tobias, Theodore, Robin, Rowan, Reggie, Elijah, Otis
More Old Norse names
Freya, Eric, Astrid, Colby, Rafe, Odin, Ralphie, Erik, Freyja, Erick, Bo, Ronald, Bjorn, Erica, Raife, Ivar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ronnie-James: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ronnie-james, updated 20 October 2026.