Ronnie-Ray
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- RON-ee-RAY
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,964 for boys
Ronnie-Ray is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “counsel and rule + counsel and protection”. In 2025 it ranked 1,964th for boys in the UK (13 babies).
What does Ronnie-Ray mean?
Modern: combination of Ronnie and Ray
“counsel and rule + counsel and protection”
Pairs Ronnie, a pet form of Ronald, with Ray, usually a short form of Raymond.
Is Ronnie-Ray a girl's or a boy's name?
Ronnie-Ray is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 13 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ronnie-Ray in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,964among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 13about 1 in 23,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 13 boys in the UK were named Ronnie-Ray, making it the 1,964th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,512th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 17 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ronnie-Ray in the UK since 1996 were born between 2018 and 2024, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were given Ronnie-Ray or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,452, up from #1,964 for this spelling alone.
- Ronnie-Ray 13
- Ronnie-Rae 3
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,894th in England and Wales.
Ronnie-Ray in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #1,964 |
| 2024 | 13 | #1,917 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 13 | #1,886 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 17 | #1,512 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 8 | #2,656 |
| 2016 | 7 | #2,947 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,149 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
Nicknames for Ronnie-Ray
- Ronnie 1,341 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Ronnie-Ray
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Brody Finn Rowan Renley Ronan Rory Cassian Kayden Conan Cillian Kody Rayden
Other spellings of Ronnie-Ray
Ronnie-Rae
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya Oaklynn
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-Ray: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ronnie-ray, updated 20 October 2026.