Ron
Ron is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 31 births. Its best rank was 166th, in 1959.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 310.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 19601,888 births
- Best rank
- #166in 1959
- Since 1919
- 36,341people given the name
The story in the numbers
36,341 boys have been named Ron in the United States since 1919, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1960, with 1,888 births.
The name has all but left use: 31 births in 2024, against 1,888 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1960s alone account for 36%. It has spent 61 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Ron | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 6 | |
| 1920s | 36 | |
| 1930s | 810 | |
| 1940s | 5,569 | |
| 1950s | 7,785 | |
| 1960s | 13,111 | |
| 1970s | 4,263 | |
| 1980s | 2,002 | |
| 1990s | 1,319 | |
| 2000s | 779 | |
| 2010s | 493 | |
| 2020s | 168 |
In 1960, its biggest year
Ron was the 170th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1960 were David, Michael, James, John and Robert. See all of 1960.
Names that rose and fell with Ron
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Kenpeak 1960
- Lespeak 1961
- Chuckpeak 1961
- Russpeak 1959
- Rodpeak 1960
- Timmiepeak 1959
- Darrypeak 1960
- Kennthpeak 1960
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.