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How popular is “Ronald” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ronald” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ronald” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ronald” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ronald” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ronald” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ronald” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ronald” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1883 6 0.000027657 6 -100%
1884 11 0.000045182 11 -100%
1886 13 0.000050917 13 -100%
1887 8 0.000032337 8 -100%
1888 15 0.000050088 15 -100%
1889 10 0.000034609 10 -100%
1890 20 0.000066357 20 -100%
1891 8 0.000027906 8 -100%
1892 17 0.000050841 17 -100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 -100%
1894 21 0.000062004 21 -100%
1895 25 0.000071221 25 -100%
1896 23 0.000064339 23 -100%
1897 34 0.000097995 34 -100%
1898 26 0.00006816 26 -100%
1899 27 0.000079591 27 -100%
1900 40 0.000088838 40 -100%
1901 42 0.000121453 42 -100%
1902 49 0.000126702 49 -100%
1903 52 0.000136411 52 -100%
1904 50 0.00012392 50 -100%
1905 51 0.000120305 51 -100%
1906 76 0.000177383 76 -100%
1907 88 0.000189089 88 -100%
1908 75 0.000153484 75 -100%
1909 93 0.000181916 93 -100%
1910 118 0.000199759 118 -100%
1911 136 0.000211089 136 -100%
1912 302 0.000305649 302 -100%
1913 417 0.000366719 417 -100%
1914 541 0.000381969 541 -100%
1915 763 0.000416388 763 -100%
1916 723 0.000373756 723 -100%
1917 766 0.000381712 766 -100%
1918 751 0.000345906 751 -100%
1919 789 0.00037389 5 784 -99%
1920 832 0.000367712 832 -100%
1921 992 0.000424929 992 -100%
1922 1042 0.00045519 1042 -100%
1923 1159 0.00050337 11 1148 -98%
1924 1365 0.000573142 5 1360 -99%
1925 1685 0.000722153 11 1674 -99%
1926 2298 0.001000913 15 2283 -99%
1927 3135 0.001351667 19 3116 -99%
1928 3992 0.001765639 23 3969 -99%
1929 4506 0.002055506 27 4479 -99%
1930 5673 0.002551626 38 5635 -99%
1931 6765 0.003214711 39 6726 -99%
1932 11186 0.00529818 43 11143 -99%
1933 12094 0.006048672 33 12061 -99%
1934 14146 0.006811388 58 14088 -99%
1935 15540 0.007435762 51 15489 -99%
1936 16964 0.008165277 46 16918 -99%
1937 18196 0.008540037 56 18140 -99%
1938 20361 0.009202404 64 20297 -99%
1939 19889 0.009026333 54 19835 -99%
1940 20798 0.009032065 58 20740 -99%
1941 24461 0.01003971 54 24407 -100%
1942 27214 0.009961864 78 27136 -99%
1943 29313 0.010385257 73 29240 -100%
1944 25575 0.009507156 61 25514 -100%
1945 23719 0.008940748 55 23664 -100%
1946 31950 0.00999904 94 31856 -99%
1947 34973 0.00970846 73 34900 -100%
1948 33595 0.009730579 71 33524 -100%
1949 31581 0.009062562 84 31497 -99%
1950 29976 0.008556362 68 29908 -100%
1951 29114 0.007903383 66 29048 -100%
1952 27873 0.007338853 72 27801 -99%
1953 27776 0.007207723 62 27714 -100%
1954 27694 0.006957054 70 27624 -99%
1955 26243 0.006536109 70 26173 -99%
1956 27784 0.006738722 61 27723 -100%
1957 27303 0.006497399 92 27211 -99%
1958 24887 0.006020217 65 24822 -99%
1959 23211 0.005582262 89 23122 -99%
1960 21784 0.005244336 83 21701 -99%
1961 20917 0.005049609 76 20841 -99%
1962 20024 0.00496212 60 19964 -99%
1963 19851 0.005015159 70 19781 -99%
1964 18922 0.004867264 80 18842 -99%
1965 17686 0.004878292 69 17617 -99%
1966 17041 0.004902961 87 16954 -99%
1967 16542 0.004872608 100 16442 -99%
1968 15500 0.004587953 85 15415 -99%
1969 14710 0.0042327 91 14619 -99%
1970 13695 0.003797296 78 13617 -99%
1971 11696 0.003407573 78 11618 -99%
1972 9571 0.003045185 68 9503 -99%
1973 8398 0.002783664 70 8328 -98%
1974 7717 0.002538488 51 7666 -99%
1975 7121 0.00235842 58 7063 -98%
1976 6506 0.002144152 47 6459 -99%
1977 6088 0.001916579 62 6026 -98%
1978 5796 0.001826162 37 5759 -99%
1979 5742 0.001725879 49 5693 -98%
1980 5797 0.00168297 40 5757 -99%
1981 5580 0.001613008 42 5538 -98%
1982 5252 0.001497166 44 5208 -98%
1983 4740 0.001368621 38 4702 -98%
1984 4552 0.001304763 46 4506 -98%
1985 4332 0.001213748 33 4299 -98%
1986 4268 0.001199861 44 4224 -98%
1987 4183 0.001160135 30 4153 -99%
1988 4210 0.001139364 38 4172 -98%
1989 4131 0.001074537 20 4111 -99%
1990 3914 0.000990265 15 3899 -99%
1991 3680 0.000944737 10 3670 -99%
1992 3234 0.000841908 12 3222 -99%
1993 2891 0.000766787 9 2882 -99%
1994 2569 0.000691027 6 2563 -100%
1995 2402 0.000655898 2402 -100%
1996 2229 0.000611155 2229 -100%
1997 2096 0.000578087 2096 -100%
1998 1847 0.000502147 1847 -100%
1999 1877 0.00050814 5 1872 -99%
2000 1750 0.000462975 1750 -100%
2001 1652 0.000441311 1652 -100%
2002 1521 0.00040687 1521 -100%
2003 1406 0.000369774 1406 -100%
2004 1450 0.000379489 1450 -100%
2005 1302 0.000338635 1302 -100%
2006 1374 0.000347304 1374 -100%
2007 1175 0.00029392 1175 -100%
2008 1089 0.000277052 1089 -100%
2009 926 0.000242397 926 -100%
2010 913 0.000247041 913 -100%
2011 889 0.000243043 889 -100%
2012 797 0.000217916 797 -100%
2013 745 0.000204352 745 -100%
2014 791 0.000213416 791 -100%
2015 704 0.000190223 704 -100%
2016 728 0.000198436 728 -100%
2017 659 0.000184274 659 -100%
2018 587 0.000166956 587 -100%
2019 540 0.000155578 540 -100%
2020 502 0.000150273 502 -100%
2021 504 0.000148763 504 -100%
2022 532 0.000157251 532 -100%
2023 457 0.000138017 457 -100%
2024 495 0.000148716 495 -100%

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