Ronaldo

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Ronaldo: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Ronaldo: Recorded since 1997, it reached #610 in 2017, and it stood at #5,119 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
31times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#610highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#2022
1998	#780
1999	#1383
2000	#1330
2001	#1595
2002	#950
2003	#976
2004	#1347
2005	#1456
2006	#2282
2007	#1125
2008	#1156
2009	#2126
2010	#2036
2011	#2390
2012	#1962
2013	#2660
2014	#1935
2015	#2707
2016	#2335
2017	#2512
2018	#3011
2019	#3411
2020	#3334
2022	#3048
2023	#3112
2024	#5119

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 27 of the 28 years from 1997 to 2024.

In 2017: #610 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #2512 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #2022 among boys in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2010–2017
Highest recorded position: #610 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2017 (recorded 2010–2017).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #5119 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Ronaldo appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 27 years beginning in 1997, and has registered 275 births with the name.

Ronaldo across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Ronaldo's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2022 (1997)	#780 (1998)	#5119 (2024)	27 of 28	275 (1997–2024)	21 (2007)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#720 (2010)	#610 (2017)	#610 (2017)	4 of 8	13 (2010–2017)	4 (2017)

Ronaldo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Ronaldo in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	34	3 of 10	11
2000sbusiest	139	10 of 10	14
2010s	82	10 of 10	8
2020s	20	4 of 10	5

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Ronaldo appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #610 in Republic of Ireland in 2017.

Ronaldo's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#5119	3	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#3112	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#3048	6	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3411	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3011	6	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2335	9	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2707	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1935	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2660	7	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1962	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#2390	8	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2036	10	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#2126	9	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1156	21	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1125	21	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2282	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1347	13	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#976	19	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#950	18	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1595	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1330	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#780	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#610	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#713	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#720	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 27 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #610, first reached in 2017.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2010, and 13 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Kyler · #610, 24y
Eliott · #609, 29y
Marcell · #609, 25y
Ameya · #608, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Aasiyah · #610, 29y
Ed · #610, 19y
Kyler · #610, 24y
Wilf · #610, 28y

Ronaldo was ranked #610 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2017. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Ronaldo and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Ronaldo without appearing here.

Ronaldo moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1467 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #950 and #3225.
Garry Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #4991.
Graeme Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1595 and #1595 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #950 and #2636.
Kim Compare
In 2006 they stood at #2282 and #1892 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2007 that had become #1125 and #2435.

Moved ahead of Ronaldo

Harald Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3112 and #4991 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3254.
Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #3112 and #1461.
Madison Compare
In 2023 they stood at #3048 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.
Sander Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2512 and #4812 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #5119 and #3688.

Moved the opposite way to Ronaldo

Albie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ronaldo went from #2022 to #5119 while Albie went from #914 to #19.
Alfie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ronaldo went from #2022 to #5119 while Alfie went from #92 to #16.
Alfred Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ronaldo went from #2022 to #5119 while Alfred went from #192 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ronaldo went from #2022 to #5119 while Archie went from #141 to #10.

Moved the same way as Ronaldo

Aaron Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ronaldo went from #2022 to #5119 and Aaron from #32 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ronaldo went from #2022 to #5119 and Adam from #20 to #35.
Alan Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ronaldo went from #2022 to #5119 and Alan from #179 to #592.
Alex Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Ronaldo went from #2022 to #5119 and Alex from #43 to #171.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #610 in Republic of Ireland in 2017. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Ronaldo

Ronaldo at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Ronaldo across 2 official records

Ronaldo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Ronaldo across 2 official records

Ronaldo by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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