Ronny
Boy · RON-ee · Old Norse
Ronny is a boys' name of Old Norse origin, meaning “counsel and rule”. In 2025 it ranked 1,162nd for boys in the UK (27 babies) and 3,378th for boys in the US (34 babies).
What does Ronny mean?
Old Norse: spelling of Ronnie, from Ronald
“counsel and rule”
A spelling of Ronnie, the pet form of Ronald.
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- RON-ee
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Is Ronny a girl's or a boy's name?
Ronny is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 27 boys in the UK and 34 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ronny in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,162among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 27about 1 in 11,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 28% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 27 boys in the UK were named Ronny, making it the 1,162nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,206th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 53 boys.
Half of all the boys named Ronny in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,373 boys in the UK were given Ronny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #44, up from #1,162 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,093rd in England and Wales.
Ronny in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 27 | #1,162 |
| 2024 | 18 | #1,528 |
| 2023 | 22 | #1,322 |
| 2022 | 40 | #863 |
| 2021 | 30 | #1,064 |
| 2020 | 24 | #1,206 |
| 2019 | 36 | #909 |
| 2018 | 33 | #980 |
| 2017 | 36 | #936 |
| 2016 | 43 | #822 |
| 2015 | 52 | #707 |
| 2014 | 53 | #696 |
| 2013 | 51 | #719 |
| 2012 | 33 | #979 |
| 2011 | 37 | #878 |
| 2010 | 26 | #1,121 |
| 2009 | 39 | #818 |
| 2008 | 36 | #854 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,290 |
| 2006 | 20 | #1,167 |
| 2005 | 24 | #997 |
| 2004 | 23 | #983 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,170 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,094 |
How popular is Ronny in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,378among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 34about 1 in 50,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 34 boys in the US were named Ronny, making it the 3,378th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,585th. Its busiest year was 1947, with 430 boys. It first appears in the records in 1927.
2025 had fewer boys named Ronny than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Ronny in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 245 boys in the US were given Ronny or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #877, up from #3,378 for this spelling alone.
Ronny in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 34 | #3,378 |
| 2024 | 53 | #2,527 |
| 2023 | 56 | #2,415 |
| 2022 | 45 | #2,828 |
| 2021 | 42 | #2,917 |
| 2020 | 49 | #2,585 |
| 2019 | 53 | #2,490 |
| 2018 | 29 | #3,704 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 58 | #2,278 |
| 2015 | 48 | #2,564 |
| 2014 | 77 | #1,883 |
| 2013 | 58 | #2,224 |
| 2012 | 103 | #1,545 |
| 2011 | 68 | #1,998 |
| 2010 | 76 | #1,880 |
| 2009 | 73 | #1,941 |
| 2008 | 96 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 82 | #1,781 |
| 2006 | 92 | #1,583 |
| 2005 | 85 | #1,601 |
| 2004 | 89 | #1,500 |
| 2003 | 67 | #1,778 |
| 2002 | 65 | #1,769 |
| 2001 | 82 | #1,477 |
| 2000 | 85 | #1,444 |
| 1999 | 67 | #1,601 |
| 1998 | 71 | #1,524 |
| 1997 | 75 | #1,435 |
| 1996 | 102 | #1,153 |
| 1995 | 72 | #1,388 |
| 1994 | 74 | #1,349 |
| 1993 | 87 | #1,201 |
| 1992 | 106 | #1,061 |
| 1991 | 94 | #1,124 |
| 1990 | 116 | #966 |
| 1989 | 95 | #1,070 |
| 1988 | 102 | #954 |
| 1987 | 107 | #907 |
| 1986 | 88 | #982 |
| 1985 | 101 | #901 |
| 1984 | 95 | #900 |
| 1983 | 101 | #872 |
| 1982 | 107 | #861 |
| 1981 | 95 | #920 |
| 1980 | 104 | #871 |
| 1979 | 103 | #855 |
| 1978 | 123 | #760 |
| 1977 | 139 | #723 |
| 1976 | 107 | #803 |
| 1975 | 129 | #730 |
| 1974 | 122 | #735 |
| 1973 | 138 | #678 |
| 1972 | 156 | #632 |
| 1971 | 156 | #658 |
| 1970 | 161 | #641 |
| 1969 | 172 | #598 |
| 1968 | 207 | #531 |
| 1967 | 196 | #530 |
| 1966 | 231 | #498 |
| 1965 | 244 | #491 |
| 1964 | 295 | #463 |
| 1963 | 258 | #501 |
| 1962 | 322 | #443 |
| 1961 | 328 | #444 |
| 1960 | 329 | #444 |
| 1959 | 370 | #413 |
| 1958 | 395 | #393 |
| 1957 | 358 | #408 |
| 1956 | 360 | #397 |
| 1955 | 328 | #401 |
| 1954 | 315 | #402 |
| 1953 | 321 | #391 |
| 1952 | 267 | #425 |
| 1951 | 233 | #440 |
| 1950 | 291 | #395 |
| 1949 | 341 | #366 |
| 1948 | 382 | #344 |
| 1947 | 430 | #332 |
| 1946 | 350 | #346 |
| 1945 | 265 | #366 |
| 1944 | 277 | #359 |
| 1943 | 358 | #322 |
| 1942 | 247 | #386 |
| 1941 | 195 | #417 |
| 1940 | 147 | #477 |
| 1939 | 157 | #458 |
| 1938 | 139 | #492 |
| 1937 | 139 | #481 |
| 1936 | 91 | #611 |
| 1935 | 88 | #627 |
| 1934 | 64 | #771 |
| 1933 | 66 | #752 |
| 1932 | 51 | #902 |
| 1931 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1930 | 13 | #2,178 |
| 1929 | 9 | #2,764 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 5 | #4,208 |
Nicknames for Ronny
- Ron 10 boys in the UK in 2025
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